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| Mirwais Hotak ميرويس هوتک | |
|---|---|
| Emir of Greater Afghanistan | |
 Sketch work of Mirwais Hotak | |
| Emir of Afghanistan | |
| Reign | Hotak dynasty: 21 April 1709–November 1715 |
| Coronation | April 1709 |
| Predecessor | Gurgin Khan (as governor of Kandahar under the Safavids) |
| Successor | Abdul Aziz Hotak |
| Born | 1673 Kandahar, Safavid Iran |
| Died | November 1715 (aged 41–42) Kandahar, Hotak dynasty |
| Burial | Kokaran, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| Spouse | Khanzada Sadozai |
| Issue | Mahmud Hotak Husayn Hotak |
| Dynasty | Hotak dynasty |
| Father | Salim Khan |
| Mother | Nazo Tokhi |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mir Ways ibn Shah 'Alam,[1] also known as Mirwais Khan Hotak (Pashto/Dari: ميرويس خان هوتک; 1673-1715)[2] was an Afghan ruler from the Ghilji tribe of Pashtuns[3][4] of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and the short-lived founder of the Hotak dynasty.[5]
In 1709, after overthrowing and assassinating George XI of Kartil, the Safavid Persian governor, Hotak declared independence of the Loy Kandahar region, now southern Afghanistan.[6] Hotak is widely known as Mīrwais Nīkə (ميرويس نيکه) or Mīrwais Bābā (ميرويس بابا)—"Mirwais the Grandfather" in Pashto.[7][8]
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Mirwais Khan Hotak, the Hotaki Ghilzai chieftain and nominal mayor of Qandahar was a much more formidable rival than Mir Samander.
- ^ Malleson 1878, p. 227.
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- ^ "Mirwais Neeka".
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