Realm · 1748–1827
Durrani Empire
Durrani Empire appears on the map from 1748 to 1827. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1763, it covered about 2.20 million 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 Empire on the map in 1763
- On the map
- 1748–1827
- Greatest extent
- 1763, about 2.20 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Durrani Empire · Wikidata Q467627
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1748–1751 | 54,363 km² |
| 1752–1756 | 970,576 km² |
| 1757–1761 | 1.41 million km² |
| 1762 | 2.13 million km² |
| 1763–1768 | 2.20 million km² |
| 1769–1771 | 2.13 million km² |
| 1772–1787 | 1.79 million km² |
| 1788–1790 | 1.79 million km² |
| 1791–1793 | 1.67 million km² |
| 1794–1796 | 1.67 million km² |
| 1797–1798 | 1.60 million km² |
| 1799 | 1.60 million km² |
| 1800–1802 | 1.58 million km² |
| 1803–1806 | 1.58 million km² |
| 1807–1810 | 1.58 million km² |
| 1811–1819 | 1.58 million km² |
| 1820–1821 | 1.31 million km² |
| 1822–1824 | 884,083 km² |
| 1825–1827 | 884,083 km² |
Related
- Durrani Empire (Afghanistan) empire