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Ahmad Shah (äkhmäd` shä`), c.1723–1773, Afghan ruler (1747–73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah Nadir Shah or Nader Shah (both: nä`dēr shä) ..... Click the link for more information. of Iran won him the rule of Afghanistan on Nadir's death (1747). He twice (1756, 1760) occupied and sacked Delhi, the capital of the Mughal empire. He conquered a vast territory, extending roughly from the Oxus to the Indus rivers and from Tibet to Khorasan, but he was unable to consolidate this empire and it soon disintegrated. He united and strengthened Afghanistan, however, and is therefore often considered its modern founder. His family retained power until the rise of Dost Muhammad Dost Muhammad (dōst m ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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(25) However, as much as this characteristic was the
norm in Afghanistan, there was one exception--namely the "Lion of
Panjshir," Ahmad Shah Massoud. Ahmad Shah was the first Afghan
leader to unite the country, in 1747. The last time I visited, before 9/11,
when the late Tajik leader Ahmad Shah Massoud was desperately trying to
hold onto an ever--shrinking slice of territory, the country and its
people were physically and spiritually deconstructing. |
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