Durrani dynasty

Durrani Dynasty د درانيانو کورنۍ
Parent house	Durrani
Place of origin	Durrani Empire
Founded	July 1747
Founder	Ahmad Shah Durrani
Final ruler	Sultan Shahpur Durrani (Empire) Mohammad-Yusuf Mirza Durrani (Herat)
Titles	Shah Pearl of Pearls
Connected families	Timurid dynasty (Family In "Laws")
Traditions	Sunni Islam
Estate	Afghanistan
Dissolution	28 April 1856

Durranis
Total population

10 million+
Regions with significant populations
Afghanistan
Languages
Pashto (primary) Persian (bureaucracy)
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam

Ancient

Indus Valley Civilisation	2200–1800 BC
Oxus civilization	2100–1800 BC
Gandhara kingdom	1500–535 BC
Median Empire	728–550 BC
Achaemenid Empire	550–330 BC
Macedonian Empire	330–312 BC
Seleucid Empire	312–150 BC
Maurya Empire	305–180 BC
Greco-Bactrian kingdom	256–125 BC
Parthian Empire	247 BC–224 AD
Indo-Greek kingdom	180–90 BC
Indo-Scythian kingdom	155–80? BC
Kushan Empire	135 BC – 248 AD
Indo-Parthian kingdom	20 BC – 50? AD
Sasanian Empire	230–651
Kidarite kingdom	320–465
Rob
Alchon Huns	380–560
Hephthalite Empire	410–557
Nezak Huns	484–711

Medieval

Kabul Shahi	565–879
Principality of Chaghaniyan	7th–8th centuries
Rashidun Caliphate	652–661
Tang China	660–669
Tibetan Empire	660–842
Umayyads	661–750
Zunbils	680–870
Lawik	750-977
Abbasids	750–821
Tahirids	821–873
Saffarids	863–900
Samanids	875–999
Banjurid dynasty	900–1030
Ghaznavids	963–1187
Ghurids	before 879–1215
Seljuks	1037–1194
Khwarezmids	1215–1231
Mongol Invasion	1219–1226
Chagatai Khanate	1226–1245
Qarlughids	1224–1266
Ilkhanate	1256–1335
Kartids	1245–1381
Timurids	1370–1507
Arghuns	1520–1591

Modern

Mughals	1501–1738
Safavids	1510–1709
Kunduz Khanate	?–1859
Hotak dynasty	1709–1738
Sadozai Sultanate	1716–1732
Afsharid Iran	1738–1747
Durrani Empire	1747–1823
Maimana Khanate	1747–1892
Herat	1793–1863
Principality of Qandahar	1818–1855
Emirate	1823–1926
Saqqawist Emirate	1929
Kingdom	1926–1973
Daoud coup	1973
Republic	1973–1978
Saur Revolution	1978
Democratic Republic	1978–1987
Republic	1987–1992
Tanai coup attempt	1990
Islamic State	1992–1996
Islamic Emirate	1996–2001
US invasion	2001
Islamic State (reinstated)	2001
Interim/Transitional Administration	2001–2004
Islamic Republic (politics)	2004–2021
Islamic Emirate (reinstated)	since 2021

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Prehistoric Paleolithic Masol c. 2.6 Ma Riwat c. 2.5 Ma Madrasian culture c. 1.5 Ma Soanian c. 500,000 BCE Neolithic, c. 7600 – c. 1000 BCE Bhirrana 7570 – 6200 BCE Jhusi 7106 BCE Lahuradewa 7000 BCE Koldihwa 7000 BCE Mehrgarh 7000 – 2600 BCE South Indian Neolithic 3000 – 1000 BCE
Ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, c. 3300 – c. 1700 BCE Post Indus Valley Period (Cemetery H Culture), c. 1700 – c. 1500 BCE Vedic civilisation, c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE Kuru kingdom, c. 1200 – c. 500 BCE Early Vedic period Rise of Śramaṇa movement Later Vedic Period Spread of Jainism – Parshvanatha Spread of Jainism – Mahavira Rise of Buddhism Kingdom of Magadha Brihadratha Dynasty 1700 – 682 BCE Haryanka Dynasty 544 – 413 BCE Shaishunaga Dynasty 413 – 345 BCE Nanda Dynasty, 345 – 322 BCE Mahajanapadas, c. 600 – 345 BCE
Classical Magadhan Empire Maurya Dynasty, 322 – 185 BCE Shunga Dynasty, 185 – 73 BCE Kanva Dynasty, 73 – 28 BCE Sangam period 300 BCE – 400 CE Kushan Dynasty, c. 30 – c. 375 CE Satavahana Dynasty, c. 228 BCE – c. 224 CE Gupta Dynasty, c. 240 – c. 550 CE
Early medieval Pallava Dynasty, 275 CE - 897 CE Chalukya Dynasty, 543 – 753 CE Pandya Dynasty, 590 CE - 920 CE Harsha's Dynasty, c. 606 CE – c. 647 CE Karakota Dynasty, c. 724 – c. 760 CE Arab Invasion, c. 738 CE Tripartite Struggle, c. 760 – c. 973 CE Pratihara Dynasty Rastrakuta Dynasty Pala Dynasty Chola Dynasty, c. 848 – c. 1251 CE 2nd Chalukya Dynasty, c. 973 – c. 1187 CE
Late medieval Kakatiya Dynasty, 1163 - 1323 CE Delhi Sultanate, 1206 – 1526 CE Mamluk Dynasty Khalji Dynasty Tugluq Dynasty Sayyid Dynasty Lodhi Dynasty Pandyan Empire, 1251 – 1618 CE Vijayanagara, 1336 – 1646 CE Bengal Sultanate, 1342 – 1576 CE
Early modern Mughal Dynasty, 1526 – 1540 CE Suri Dynasty, 1538/40 – 1556 CE Mughal Dynasty, 1556 – 1857 CE Bengal Subah, c. 1576 – c. 1717 CE Maratha Empire, c. 1674 – c. 1818 CE Company Raj, c. 1757 – c. 1858 CE Kingdom of Mysore, c. 1760 – c. 1799 CE Sikh Empire, c. 1799 – c. 1849 CE
Modern The Great Rebellion, 1857 – 1858 CE British Raj, 1858 – 1947 CE Independence Movement Independent India, 1947 CE – present Dominion of India, 1947 – 1950 CE Republic of India, 1950 CE – present
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The Durrani dynasty, also called the Sadozai dynasty, was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani at Kandahar, Afghanistan. He united all Pashtun tribes and created the Durrani Empire. which at its peak included the modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, as well as some parts of northeastern Iran, eastern Turkmenistan, and northwestern India, including the Kashmir Valley. The Durranis were replaced by the Barakzai dynasty in 1823.

Ahmad Shah and his descendants were from the Sadozai subclan of Popalzai line of the Durranis (formerly known as Abdalis), making them the second Pashtun rulers of Kandahar after the Hotak dynasty. The Durranis were notable in the second half of the 18th century mainly due to the leadership of Ahmad Shah Durrani.