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" Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Nichols, Robert
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English
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1060581
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ALei978
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Nichols, Robert
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Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Nichols, Robert
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,421 words)
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Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī (r. 1160–86/1747–72), of the Sadozay section of the Popalzay lineage of the Abdālī Afghans, was the first Sadozay ruler of Afghanistan, founding the Durrānī empire in 1160/1747. Born in Multān (which was disputed with Herat) as Aḥmad Khān, second son of Zamān Khān Abdālī (d. 1135/1722), then governor of Herat, he arose from the lineage, regional, and imperial competitions of the age to establish an independent Afghan power. In 1121/1709, Mīr Ways (d. 1127/1715), leader of the Hotakī clan of
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Islam.
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