Realm · 1840–1845

Durrani Dynasty

Durrani Dynasty appears on the map from 1840 to 1845. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1842, it covered about 665,726 km².

One of the realms of Durrani Empire (Afghanistan). When Nader Shah of Iran was assassinated in 1747, Ahmad Khan Abdali, a commander of his Afghan cavalry, was chosen king by a tribal council near Kandahar and took the title Durr-i-Durran, Pearl of Pearls. Uniting the Pashtun tribes, he built an empire stretching from Mashhad to Kashmir and Punjab, raiding Mughal India repeatedly and crushing the Marathas at Panipat in 1761.

See Durrani Dynasty on the map in 1842 →

On the map

1840–1845

Greatest extent

1842, about 665,726 km²

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Wikipedia: Durrani dynasty · Wikidata Q5316729