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Mirwais Hotak ميرويس هوتک | |
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Emir of Greater Afghanistan | |
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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 |
Father | Salim Khan |
Mother | Nazo Tokhi |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mirwais Khan Hotak (Pashto/Dari: ميرويس خان هوتک; 1673-1715)[1] was an Afghan ruler from the Ghilji tribe of Pashtuns[2][3] of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and the short-lived founder of the Hotak dynasty.[4]
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.[5] Hotak is widely known as Mīrwais Nīkə (ميرويس نيکه) or Mīrwais Bābā (ميرويس بابا)—"Mirwais the Grandfather" in Pashto.[6][7]
Mirwais Khan Hotak, the Hotaki Ghilzai chieftain and nominal mayor of Qandahar was a much more formidable rival than Mir Samander.
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