Hotak dynasty

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Afghan ruling house dynasty

The Hotak dynasty was an early 18th-century Afghan ruling house founded by Mirwais Hotak that briefly controlled parts of present-day Afghanistan and Iran before being supplanted by the Durrani Empire.

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Surface form Occurrences
Hotaki dynasty 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afghan ruling house ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
capital Isfahan ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
causeOf temporary collapse of Safavid authority in Iran ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controlled Herat ⓘ
Isfahan ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ
large parts of central Iran ⓘ
parts of eastern Iran ⓘ
country Hotak Empire ⓘ
defeatedBy Nader Shah ⓘ
demonym Hotaki ⓘ
endCause conquest of Kandahar by Nader Shah ⓘ
endTime 1738 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
ethnicSubgroup Ghilji ⓘ
event Hotak invasion of Iran ⓘ
firstRuler Mirwais Hotak ⓘ
founder Mirwais Hotak ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasTitle Hotak Empire ⓘ
Hotak dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hotaki dynasty
houseType royal house ⓘ
language Pashto ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
militaryConflict Battle of Gulnabad ⓘ
Siege of Isfahan (1722) ⓘ
namedAfter Hotak tribe ⓘ
notableFor being predecessor to the Durrani Empire ⓘ
establishing Afghan rule over Isfahan ⓘ
notableRuler Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
surface form: Ashraf Hotak

Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
surface form: Hussain Hotak

Mahmud Hotak ⓘ
originLocation Kandahar Province ⓘ
surface form: Kandahar region
overthrew Safavid rule in Kandahar ⓘ
partOf history of Afghanistan ⓘ
history of Iran ⓘ
predecessor Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid dynasty
region Afghanistan ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
rulingFamily Hotak family ⓘ
startTime 1709 ⓘ
successor Durrani Empire ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ

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

Safavid Empire → followedBy → Hotak dynasty ⓘ
Hotak dynasty → hasTitle → Hotak dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hotaki dynasty
Afsharid Empire → precededBy → Hotak dynasty ⓘ
Durrani Empire → predecessor → Hotak dynasty ⓘ