Mahmud Hotak

Mahmud Hotak
محمود شاه هوتک
Shah
Emir
The Conqueror
Sketch of Mahmud Shah Hotak
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign1717 – 22 April 1725
Coronation1717, Kandahar
PredecessorAbdul Aziz Hotak
SuccessorHussain Hotak
Shah of Iran
Reign23 October 1722 – 22 April 1725
Coronation23 October 1722, Isfahan
PredecessorSoltan Hoseyn
SuccessorAshraf Hotak
Born1697
Kandahar, Safavid Empire
DiedApril 22, 1725 (age 27)
Isfahan, Hotak dynasty
SpouseShahbanu Alamiyan Govhar Sultan Safavi
Names
Mir Mahmud Shah Hotak
HouseHotak dynasty
FatherMirwais Khan Hotak
MotherKhanzada Sadozai[1]
ReligionSunni Islam

Shāh Mahmūd Hotak, (Pashto/Dari: شاه محمود هوتک), or Shāh Mahmūd Ghiljī (شاه محمود غلجي), also known by his epithet, The Conqueror[2][3] (lived 1697 – April 22, 1725), was the ruler of the Hotak dynasty who overthrew Safavid dynasty to become the king of Persia from 1722 until his death in 1725.[4]

  1. ^ The Pearl of Pearls: The Abdālī-Durrānī Confederacy and Its Transformation under Aḥmad Shāh, Durr-i Durrān by Sajjad Nejatie. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/80750.
  2. ^ Ali Maiwandi 1958, p. 18.
  3. ^ Abdul Aziz, Ahmad, Mu̇hammad, Jamal-ud-Din (1936). Afghanistan: A Brief Survey. Longmans, Green. p. 156.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES (A.D. 1722–1922)". Edward Granville Browne. London: Packard Humanities Institute. p. 29. Retrieved 2010-09-24.