Durrani Empire: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:30, 21 July 2007

Revision as of 03:31, 21 July 2007

Line 1:

{{sprotect-banneduser}}

{{History of Greater Iran}}

The '''Durrani Empire''' was a larger state that included modern [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Khorasan]] provinceparts of eastern [[Iran]] and a smaller section of western [[India]].<ref name=MECW>MECW Volume 18, p. 40; Written by [[Friedrich Engles|Frederick Engles]] in July and the first 10 days of August 1857; First published in the New American Cyclopaedia - Vol. I, 1858;...[http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/afghanistan/index.htm Link]</ref> It was a monarchy rule from [[1747]] until [[1823]] by [[Ahmed Shah Durrani]] and his descendants. They were from the [[Sadozai]] line of the [[Abdali]] or [[Durrani]] group, making them the second [[Pashtun]] rulers offrom [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan. It was under the leadership of Ahmad Shah that the nation of Afghanistan began to take shape following centuries of fragmentation and exploitation.<ref>[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] - ''Ahmad Shah Durrani''...[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9004137/Ahmad-Shah-Durrani?source=YNFAF Link]</ref> Even before the death of [[Nadir Shah]] of [[Persia]], tribes in Afghanistan had been growing stronger and were beginning to take advantage of the waning power of their distant rulers.<ref name=Dupree:South(16)>Nancy Hatch Dupree - An Historical Guide To Afghanistan - ''The South (Chapter 16)''...[http://www.zharov.com/dupree/chapter16.html Link]</ref>

==Reign of Ahmad Shah Durrani (1747-1772)==

Line 82:

==External links==

{{commonscat|Durrani Empire}}

*[http://www.britannicaafghanland.com/ebhistory/article-21396/Afghanistan The Durraniahmadshah.html dynastyAhmad (fromShah Afghanistan)Baba]

*[http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/abdali.html Biography of Ahmad Shah Abdali (Durrani)]

*[http://www.bl.uk/collections/afghan/chronology1747to1809.html Chronology: from the emergence of the Afghan Kingdom to the Mission of Mountstuart Elphistone, 1747-1809]

*[http://www.afghanlandafghan-network.comnet/historyCulture/ahmadshah.html Invasions of Ahmad Shah BabaAbdali]

*[http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Afghanistan/durrani1.htm Detailed genealogy of the Durrani dynasty]

*[http://famousdiamonds.tripod.com/koh-i-noordiamond.html Famous Diamonds: The Koh-I-Noor]

*[http://www.khyber.org/pashtotribes/a/abdali.shtml Abdali Tribe History]

*[http://www.bl.uk/collections/afghan/chronology1747to1809.html Chronology: from the emergence of the Afghan Kingdom to the Mission of Mountstuart Elphistone, 1747-1809]

*[http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/warisshah.html Afghan Invaders and Waris Shah]

*[http://famousdiamondswww.tripodafghan-network.comnet/koh-i-noordiamondCulture/ahmadshah.html FamousBrief Diamonds:biography Theof Koh-I-NoorAhmed Shah Abdali]

*[http://www.afghan-network4dw.net/Cultureroyalark/ahmadshahAfghanistan/durrani1.htmlhtm Detailed Invasionsgenealogy of Ahmadthe ShahDurrani Abdalidynasty]

*[http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/yest/abdali.html Biography of Ahmad Shah Abdali (Durrani)]

*[http://www.afghanland.com/history/ahmadshah.html Ahmad Shah Baba]