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| | |death_date = {{Death date|1772|10|16|df=yes}} | | |death_date = {{Death date|1772|10|16|df=yes}} |
| | |death_place = [[Kandahar Province]], Afghanistan | | |death_place = [[Kandahar Province]], Afghanistan |
| − | |burial_place = [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan<br>{{coord|31|37|10|N|65|42|25|E|display=inline,title}} | + | |burial_place = [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan<br> |
| | + | == Ahmad Shah Durrani Media == |
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| | + | File:Coronation of Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747 by Breshna.jpg|Legendary [[coronation]] of Ahmad Shah Durrani by [[Durrani|Abdali]] chiefs at [[Kandahar]] in 1747 |
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| | + | File:Contemporary portrait of Nader Shah. Artist unknown, created in ca. 1740 in Iran (cropped).jpg|Portrait of [[Nader Shah]], who Ahmad Shah often envisioned himself as the successor of |
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| | + | File:Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (World Histories, 1425) MET AD-37.193a.jpg|Depiction of [[Mahmud of Ghazni]]. Ahmad Shah is typically compared with him,{{sfn|Lee|2022|p=141}} with Mahmud himself having launched over [[Ghaznavid campaigns in India|17 invasions of India]]{{sfn|Mishra|2024|p=154}} |
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| | + | File:Ghazni City during 1839-42.jpg|Lithograph depicting the city of [[Ghazni]] and its [[citadel]] |
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| | + | File:Nidha Mal Jharokha portrait of Muhammad Shah holding an emerald and the mouthpiece of a huqqa ca. 1730 The San Diego Museum of Art.jpg|Portrait of Mughal emperor [[Muhammad Shah]] |
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| | + | File:Mir-Mannu-by-Aftab-Mussawar.jpg|Portrait of [[Moin-ul-Mulk]], the Mughal governor of Punjab (r. 1748–1753) |
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| | + | File:Nader Shah Afshar and his court, India or Iran, 18th century (cropped).jpg|Detail of [[Shahrokh Shah]], ruler of the Afsharids, in court |
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| | + | File:Afghan Turkestan in 1751.jpg|Map of Afghan Turkestan in January 1751, [[Balkh Province|Balkh]] is still under the rule of the [[Kunduz Khanate]] |
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| | + | File:Painting of Ahmad Shah Abdali and his grand wazir Shah Wali Khan, ca.1760's.jpg|Depiction of Ahmad Shah Durrani alongside his vizier, Shah Wali Khan |
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| | |religion = Sunni Islam | | |religion = Sunni Islam |
| | |spouse = Hazrat Begum | | |spouse = Hazrat Begum |
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| | He united the different [[Pashtuns|Afghan]] tribes and conquered what is now [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], eastern [[Iran]] and The [[Punjab]] in north western India. He is recognized as the '''Founding Father''' of the modern [[state]] of [[Afghanistan]]. | | He united the different [[Pashtuns|Afghan]] tribes and conquered what is now [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], eastern [[Iran]] and The [[Punjab]] in north western India. He is recognized as the '''Founding Father''' of the modern [[state]] of [[Afghanistan]]. |
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| − | His mausoleum is located in the southern Afghan city of [[Kandahar]], adjacent to the mosque where [[Muhammad]] the Prophet's sacred cloak is kept as memorabilia. It is '''not''' worshiped. | + | His mausoleum is located in the southern Afghan city of [[Kandahar]], adjacent to the mosque where [[Muhammad]] the Prophet's sacred cloak is kept as memorabilia. It is not [[worship]]ed. |
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| | [[Category:Emperors and empresses]] | | [[Category:Emperors and empresses]] |
| | [[Category:Afghan Muslims]] | | [[Category:Afghan Muslims]] |
| | + | Ahmad Shah Abdali had 8 sons |
| | + | 1, Prince Sulaiman, |
| | + | 2 Amir Taimur Shah, |
| | + | 3 Prince Shahab, |
| | + | 4 Prince Sanger, |
| | + | 5 Prince Yazdan Baksh, |
| | + | 6 Prince Sikandar, |
| | + | 7, Prince Daraab, |
| | + | 8 Prince Pervaiz . |
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| | + | Government: |
| | + | Ahmad Shah Abdali 1747 to 1772 |
| | + | Timur Shah 1772 to 1793 |
| | + | Zaman Shah 1793 to 1801 |
| | + | Mahmoud Shah 1801 to 1803 and 1809 to 1818 |
| | + | Shah Shuja 1803 to 1809 |
| | + | Ali Shah 1818 to 1819 |
| | + | Ayub Shah in 1819 to 1823. |
| | + | Amir Ayub Shah deposed and killed his brother Ali Shah Durrani from the throne and ascended the throne himself. |
| | + | His Son Sardar Allah Yar was transferred/Shifted to North of Afghanistan now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Province of Pakistan and with it, the battles for the throne between the grandsons of Ahmad Shah Abdali or Durrani deprived the Durrani family of the throne and crown of Afghanistan. |