Hussain Hotak
| Shah Hussain Hotak شاه حسين هوتک | |||||
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Imaginary depiction of Shah Hussain | |||||
| Emir of Afghanistan | |||||
| Reign | 22 April 1725 – 25 March 1738 | ||||
| Coronation | 1725 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mahmud Hotak | ||||
| Successor | Position abolished | ||||
| Born | Kandahar, Hotak Emirate | ||||
| Died | after 25 March 1738 Mazandaran, Afsharid Iran[1] | ||||
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| Dynasty | Hotak dynasty | ||||
| Father | Mirwais Hotak[3] | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Shah Hussain Hotak (Pashto/Dari: شاه حسين هوتک; died after 25 March 1738) was the fifth and last ruler of the Ghilji Hotak dynasty. An ethnic Pashtun (Afghan) from the Ghilji tribe, he succeeded to the throne in 1725 following the death of his brother Mahmud Hotak at the hands of their cousin Ashraf Hotak. He was also a Pashto poet. While his cousin Ashraf ruled most of Persia from Isfahan, Hussain governed Kandahar.[4] He was defeated by Nader Shah in 1738 and subsequently deported to Mazandaran, where he is presumed to have died in exile.
Ashraf's death in 1729 marked the end of the brief Hotak rule in Persia (Iran), but Kandahar remained under Hussain's control until 1738, when Nader Shah captured the city. This marked only a temporary interruption before the founding of the last Afghan Empire in 1747.[5][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
- ^ Mujtaba, Bahaudin Ghulam; Sayed Tayeb Jawad (2006). Afghanistan: Realities of War and Rebuilding. Ilead Academy. p. 10. ISBN 9780977421114. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ Vogelsang, Willem (2002). The Afghans. Wiley Blackwell. p. 224. ISBN 0-631-19841-5. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ "An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two Centuries (A.D. 1722–1922)". Edward G. Browne. London: Packard Humanities Institute. p. 31. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ "Last Afghan empire". Louis Dupree, Nancy Hatch Dupree and others. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "Afghanistan x. Political History". D. Balland. Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1987). E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936. Vol. 2. BRILL. p. 146. ISBN 9789004097964. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
External links
- An Outline Of The History Of Persia During The Last Two Centuries (A.D. 1722–1922)
- Hotak Rule (archived)