Hotaki Dynasty

State · 1709–1737 CE · at its largest around 1727 CE

An Afghan Ghilji Pashtun dynasty from Kandahar that rebelled against Safavid rule and briefly conquered Iran, taking Isfahan in 1722, before Nader Shah drove it out.

On its lands while it lasted

• Ecbatana (c. 550 BCE – c. 1800 CE): Capital of Achaemenid Empire (550 BCE–330 BCE).
• Nader Shah (1688 CE – 1747 CE): A Turkoman commander who founded Iran's Afsharid dynasty, reunited the country and sacked Delhi in 1739.
• Kandahar (c. 1709 CE): Capital of Hotaki Dynasty (1709–1737), Durrani Empire (1748–1776).
• Ahmad Shah Durrani (c. 1722 CE – 1772 CE): Founder of the Durrani Empire, the basis of modern Afghanistan, who repeatedly invaded northern India.

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