Ahmad Shah Abdali

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founder of state historical figure military leader monarch

Ahmad Shah Abdali was the 18th-century founder of the Durrani Empire and is often regarded as the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Abdali 3
Ahmad Khan Abdali 2
Ahmad Shah Abdali canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf founder of state ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
surface form: Ahmad Khan Abdali

Ahmad Shah Baba ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani ⓘ
birthPlace Afghanistan ⓘ
Herat ⓘ
birthYear c. 1722 ⓘ
burialPlace Kandahar ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Kandahar ⓘ
countryRuled Afghanistan ⓘ
deathPlace Afghanistan ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
deathYear 1772 ⓘ
dynasty Durrani ⓘ
surface form: Durrani dynasty
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicity Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Pashtun
father Muhammad Zaman Khan ⓘ
founded Durrani Empire ⓘ
modern Afghan state ⓘ
hasTitle Durr-i-Durrān ⓘ
surface form: Durr-i-Durran

Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Shah of Afghanistan
knownFor being regarded as founder of modern Afghanistan ⓘ
expansion of Afghan territories ⓘ
founding the Durrani Empire ⓘ
military campaigns in India ⓘ
languageSpoken Pashto ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
legacy national hero of Afghanistan ⓘ
opponent Maratha Empire ⓘ
participatedIn Third Battle of Panipat ⓘ
predecessorState Hotak dynasty ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
reignEnd 1772 ⓘ
reignStart 1747 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
roleInEvent commander of Afghan forces at Third Battle of Panipat ⓘ
successorState Barakzai dynasty ⓘ
territorialControl Afghanistan ⓘ
parts of northeastern Iran ⓘ
parts of northwestern India ⓘ
parts of present-day Pakistan ⓘ
tribe Abdali ⓘ
Durrani ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1761 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahmad Shah Durrani → alternativeName → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani → alternativeName → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmad Khan Abdali
Ahmad Shah Durrani → tribe → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abdali
Timur Shah Durrani → tribe → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abdali
Hazrat Begum → spouseAlsoKnownAs → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
Durrani → hasAlternativeName → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abdali
Ahmad Shah Abdali → alsoKnownAs → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmad Khan Abdali
Ahluwalia Misl → opposed → Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmad Shah Durrani (invasions of Punjab)