Principality of Kandahar
Principality of Kandahar سرداری قندهار | |||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Kandahar | ||||||||||||||
| Official languages | Persian Pashto | ||||||||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam (official) Shia Islam | ||||||||||||||
| Demonyms | Kandahari (Persian) Kandaharai/Kandaharəi (Pashto) | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||||||
• 1818–1826 (first) | Sher Dil Khan | ||||||||||||||
• 1855–1856 (last) | Rahim Dil Khan | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Principality established by Sher Dil Khan | August 1818 | ||||||||||||||
• Fall of Kandahar | 8 May 1839 | ||||||||||||||
• Liberation of Kandahar | 9 August 1842 | ||||||||||||||
| September 1856 | |||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Afghanistan Iran Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
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The Principality of Kandahar was a principality based in Kandahar and its surroundings from 1818 to 1856. Founded by Sher Dil Khan in August 1818 as a breakaway from the Durrani Empire, it was ruled by the Dil brothers, members of the Barakzai dynasty. In September 1856, the principality was conquered by the Kabul-based half-brother of the Kandahari Dil brothers, Dost Mohammad Khan.