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.

Aliases (1)


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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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Panipat combatant Ahmad Shah Durrani
subject surface form: "Third Battle of Panipat"
Third Battle of Panipat commander Ahmad Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani father Ahmad Shah Durrani
Durrani Empire foundedBy Ahmad Shah Durrani
Kandahar foundedBy Ahmad Shah Durrani
Ahmad Shah Durrani fullName Ahmad Shah Durrani
Shuja Shah Durrani grandfather Ahmad Shah Durrani
Zaman Shah Durrani grandfather Ahmad Shah Durrani
Durrani Empire namedAfter Ahmad Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani predecessor Ahmad Shah Durrani
Mahmud Shah Durrani relative Ahmad Shah Durrani
Durrani Empire ruler Ahmad Shah Durrani
Ahmad Shah Durrani title Ahmad Shah Durrani
this entity surface form: "Shah of Afghanistan"