Ahmad Shah Durrani
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Ahmad Shah Durrani was the 18th-century Afghan military leader and founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, who established a vast empire in South and Central Asia.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founder of state
→
historical figure → military leader → monarch → |
| alternativeName |
Ahmad Shah Abdali
→
surface form: "Ahmad Khan Abdali"
Ahmad Shah Abdali → Durr-i-Durrān → Pearl of Pearls → |
| birthPlace |
Afghanistan
→
Herat → |
| birthYear | c. 1722 → |
| burialPlace | Kandahar → |
| capitalEstablishedAt | Kandahar → |
| child | Timur Shah Durrani → |
| commemoratedBy |
Ahmad Shah Durrani mausoleum in Kandahar
→
statues and monuments in Afghanistan → |
| deathDate | 16 October 1772 → |
| deathPlace |
Afghanistan
→
Kandahar Province →
surface form: "Kandahar region"
Maruf → |
| dynasty |
Durrani Empire
→
surface form: "Durrani dynasty"
|
| era | 18th century → |
| ethnicity |
Pashtuns
→
surface form: "Pashtun"
|
| founded |
Durrani Empire
→
modern state of Afghanistan → |
| fullName | Ahmad Shah Durrani → |
| house | Sadozai → |
| knownFor |
campaigns in India
→
defeating the Maratha Empire at Panipat → expansion into South Asia → founding modern Afghanistan → founding the Durrani Empire → |
| language |
Pashto language
→
surface form: "Pashto"
Persian → |
| legacy | considered founder of the Afghan nation → |
| militaryRank | commander → |
| nationality | Afghan → |
| notableBattle | Third Battle of Panipat → |
| notableBattleYear | 1761 → |
| predecessor |
Nader Shah
→
surface form: "Nader Shah Afshar"
|
| region |
Central Asia
→
South Asia → |
| reignEnd | 1772 → |
| reignStart | 1747 → |
| religion | Sunni Islam → |
| servedUnder |
Nader Shah
→
surface form: "Nader Shah Afshar"
|
| spouse | Hazrat Begum → |
| successor | Timur Shah Durrani → |
| territorialExtent |
Afghanistan
→
Jammu and Kashmir →
surface form: "Kashmir"
Khorasan → Punjab → Sindh → parts of Central Asia → parts of Iran → parts of northern India → |
| title |
Shuja Shah Durrani
→
surface form: "Emir of the Afghans"
Padishah → Ahmad Shah Durrani →
surface form: "Shah of Afghanistan"
|
| tribe |
Ahmad Shah Abdali
→
surface form: "Abdali"
|
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Shah of Afghanistan"