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	Invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali
		Thus, when Ahmed Shah reached the bank of the Ravi on 8th January, 1748, the Lahore army of 70,000 prepared to oppose the invader.
		Ahmed Shah had only 30,000 horsemen, and no artillery.
		Shah Nawaz Khan was too preoccupied with the confirmation of his command over the Punjab by the Minister at Delhi, to give the Sikhs much trouble.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/events/abdali.html (983 words)

	Ahmed Shah Durrani - Wikipedia
		Ahmed Shah Durrani, grundläggare av afghanernas ( durranernas), född omkr.
		Timur Shah därefter övertagit rikets försvar, ägnade sig Ahmed åt dess inre förvaltning intill sin död.
		Genom en rad av lyckliga strider och erövringar bildade Ahmed på den korta tiden av fem år (
	sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmed_Shah_Durrani (983 words)

	Iran, Tehran: Treasury of National Jewelery Museum
		This diamond passed on to the hands of Ahmed Shah Durrani and then to Ranjit Singh of Punjab.
		After the rule of Shah Soltan Hossein and entry of Mahmoud, the Afghan, to Iran, treasury was scattered, and some of the jewels were taken by Mahmoud, the Afghan, and transferred to Ashraf, the Afghan.
		After entry of Shah Tahmaseb 2 and Nadir to Isfahan, these Jewels fell in to the hands of Nadir, and thus were preserved inside the country.
	www.caroun.com /Museums/IranMuseum/TehranMuseum/TreasuryOfNationalJeweleryMuseum.htm (983 words)

	Sikh History Questions
		The Mughals defeated Ahmed Shah Durrani in the battle of Manupur, near Sirhind, in the middle of March, 1748.
		October, 1764 A.D. When did Ahmed Shah Durrani (Abdali) invade India for the eighth and last time ?
		January 12, 1748 A.D. Who defeated Ahmed Shah Durrani ?
	www.sikhlink.net /history.htm (983 words)

	Sikh History Questions
		January 12, 1748 A.D. Who defeated Ahmed Shah Durrani ?
		October, 1764 A.D. When did Ahmed Shah Durrani (Abdali) invade India for the eighth and last time ?
		The wife of Shah Shuja, the former king of Kabul, whom Maharaja Ranjit Singh released from his opponents in Kashmir.
	www.sikhlink.net /history.htm (983 words)

	Durrani Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1818 until Dost Mohammad's ascendancy in 1826, chaos reigned in the domains of Ahmed Shah Durrani's empire as various sons of Painda Khan struggled for supremacy.
		Painda Khan and the chiefs of the Nurzai and the Alizai Durrani clans were executed, as was the chief of the Qizilbash clan.
		By the end of the eighteenth century, the Durranis had blanketed the area west and north of Kandahar and were to be found as far east as Quetta, Baluchistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Durrani_Empire (2019 words)

	Muslims Rule 6
		Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Punjab, Kashmir and Sind.
		Ahmad Shah Durrani came to India at the invitation of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi and smashed rising Maratha power in the battle of Panipat.
		Ahmad Shah Durrani established Afghan rule in Afghanistan.
	www.amualumni.8m.com /MuslimRule6.htm (2019 words)

	Ahmad Shah
		Ahmad Shah and the Durrani Empire (Countries of the World)
		Ahmed Shah - Ahmed Shah: see Ahmad Shah.
		Ahmad Shah, c.1723–1773, Afghan ruler (1747–73), founder of the Durani dynasty.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0802835.html (243 words)

	Afghanistan
		On his return from Delhi in 1747, he was poisoned and his bodyguard assumed the control of Kandhahar as “Ahmed Shah Durrani,” and created an Afghan Empire by capturing Kabul, Herat, Badakshan, Kashmir, Sindh, and Punjab.
		He became known as the Father of Afghanistan (Ahmed Shah Baba).
		Modern reforms were instituted by Amanullah Khan and his successors Mohammed Nadir Shah (1929-1933) and Mohammed Zhir Shah (1933-1973).
	www.vepachedu.org /Afghanistan.html (951 words)

	History from 1747-1978
		The first state is known as the Durrani Empire which was ruled by Ahmed Shah from 1747-1773.
		The shah of Iran attempts to reconcile the border differences between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		Amanullah Khan becomes the new imir in April and immediately declares Afghanistan free from British control.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~mvcarmac/history.html (359 words)

	The Observer Special reports 'You can rent Afghanistan, but you can't buy it'
		As in the time of Ahmed Shah Durrani, they are spread in a broad arc from the western city of Herat across to the far north-eastern corner of the country.
		Durrani's first success was to unite his own tribes - the Pashtuns (or Pathans as Rudyard Kipling called them) who lived in the south and east of what was to become his empire.
		Much of the territory the Durrani Pashtuns added to their empire was populated by other ethnic groups - closer to the Turks or the Persians than to the Aryan-descended Pashtuns, and often Shia Muslims unlike the Sunni Pashtuns.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,1501,573797,00.html (1142 words)

	Islamic History (Chronology)
		Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Punjab, Kashmir and Sind.
		Jahan Shah was defeated and the Black Sheep territories annexed by the White Sheep.
		In Indonesia death of Alauddin Rayat Shah, Sultan of Acheh, accession of Ali Rayat Shah III.
	www.barkati.net /english/chronology.htm (8011 words)

	Islamic History (Chronology)
		Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Punjab, Kashmir and Sind.
		The Khawarzam Shah Sultan Shah is overthrown by Tukush Shah.
		In Indonesia death of Alauddin Rayat Shah, Sultan of Acheh, accession of Ali Rayat Shah III.
	www.barkati.net /english/chronology.htm (8011 words)

	Pakistan Image Building Forum__________________________________
		In Punjab Ahmed Shah Durrani, the Afghan ruler held his little kingdom and was defeated by the Sikhs in 1764.
		Shah Jehan's rule is famous for his just rule and he became a legend when he built the Taj Mahal for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
		Feroze Shah became the next king after his death in Thatta, Sindh.
	www.pakistanimagebuildingforum.org /history.htm (2523 words)

	Islamic History (Chronology)
		Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Punjab, Kashmir and Sind.
		Death of the Delhi Sultan Ala ud Din Masud Shah, accession of Nasir ud Din Mahmud Shah.
		Shahab ud Din Ghuri defeated by the Ghuzz Turks.
	www.barkati.net /english/chronology.htm (2523 words)

	chap1_part09.htm
		According to Father Tieffentaller, this quarter still existed after the third invasion of the Punjab by Ahmed Shah Durrani in 1757, because the Armenian and Georgian soldiers serving under Ahmed Shah protected the Armenian quarter from the Afghan soldiers, and thus it was not devastated.
		From his letter we come to know that in the time of King Nadir Shah there were five hundred Armenians in Afghanistan.
		Those Christians may or may not have been Armenians, but the fact that there were Armenian merchants living in Kabul in the end of the 17th century seems as a conclusive proof of the existence of an Armenian settlement there.
	www.menq.am /history/chap1_part09.htm (801 words)

	Sialkot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After 1751, Ahmed Shah Durrani left his son, Taimur, to rule Lahore and these districts.
		Sialkot is the birthplace of the British-Indian Muslim philosopher, scholar and poet, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, as well as the famous Pakistani poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
		The great saint of Sialkot, Imam Ali-ul-Haq, better known as Imam Sahib, lived in the 13th century, during the reign of Feroz Shah Tughlaq (of the Tughlaq Dynasty).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sialkot (2617 words)

	History of Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Upon the death of Nader Shah one of his generals, a Pashtun named Ahmed Shah Abdali (who late changed his name to Ahmad Shah Durrani) estabished the kingdom of Afghanistan in 1747 and made Pakistan part of his newly created state.
		The Sunga persecution also triggered the 180 BC invasion of northern India by the king Demetrius (the son of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus) going as far as Pataliputra and established an Indo-Greek kingdom that lasted nearly two centuries, until around 10 BC.
		The mansabdar system gained prominence during the Mughal Empire and was used to implement a form of ranking military official and landowners throughout the empire and in many ways inspired similar systems in other major Islamic empires of the day such as the Ottoman Empire's tanzimat reforms.
	www.wikipedia-mirror.co.za /h/i/s/History_of_Pakistan_a77c.html (7390 words)

	The Mystery of Koh-i-Noor: Gift or Deceipt
		It is more or less certain that the Kohinoor was part of the loot that Nadir Shah took away from Delhi to Iran in 1739, and that his son gave it to Ahmed Shah Durrani of Afghanistan as nuzzur (a present to a superior).
		On the other hand, Mir Jumla, a diamond merchant, with concessions to mine, the Kollur mine is supposed to have re-discovered the gem and presented it to Shah Jehan in 1636 or 1637.
		It was found in a mine on the banks of the river Godavari during the lifetime of Krishna, and belonged to Karna, king of Anga, one of the heroes of the Mahabharata, says one account.
	www.sikhreview.org /july2000/controversy.htm (7390 words)

	PESHAWAR - LoveToKnow Article on PESHAWAR
		Peshawar was a favorite residence of the Afghan dynasty founded by Ahmed Shah Durrani, and here Mountstuart Elphinstone came as ambassador to Shah Shujah in 1809.
		Peshawar lies within a horseshoe ring of hills on the edge of the mountain barrier which separates India from Afghanistan, and through it have passed nearly all the invaders from the north.
		In early times the district of Peshawar seems to have had an essentially Indian population, for it was not till the 15th century that its present Pathan inhabitants occupied it.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PESHAWAR.htm (7390 words)

	1994 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership - Sima Samar
		Prime Minister Daoud, like the king he served, was descended from a royal clan that traced its roots to Ahmed Shah Durrani, the man who had united the region's tribes in 1747 and founded an Afghan empire.
		A new constitution promulgated by King Nadir Shah in 1964, following Daoud's resignation (and when Marzia was nine years old), embodied Afghanistan's so-called New Democracy.
		Daoud stressed modernization, including infrastructure development and the promotion of higher education, and he fostered the growth of a new generation of university graduates exposed to Western ideas.
	www.rmaf.org.ph /Awardees/Biography/BiographySamarSima.htm (8373 words)

	Sikh History Questions
		When did Ahmed Shah Durrani (Abdali) invade India for the sixth time ?
		In fact, it is not a complete hymn, but a single line: "O mind, abandon the company of those who turn away from God".
		The battle took place in 1634 A.D. The Emperor sent an army of 7000 cavalry under the command of his general Mukhlis Khan to capture the Guru.
	www.sikhlink.net /history.htm (8373 words)

	Sikh History - Welcome to the community of Sikhism
		Hatthi Singh, son of Sahibzada Ajit Singh, who had been staying at Mathura, moved to this town in 1757 after the sack of Mathura by Ahmed Shah Durrani.
		Burhanpur was a major centre of the Sikhs at the time of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib.
		At the time of Guru Hargobind Sahib, Burhanpur was one of the major centres of the Sikh faith.
	www.sikhzone.com /gn_burhanpur.html (398 words)

	Duranline4
		However, the high water mark of Afghan history is 1747 when Ahmed Shah Durrani was elected as the Emperor of Afghanistan by the most famous loya Jirga in Qandhar.
		The third front the Parachinar-jaji route was led by Lord Roberts later on the Commander-in-Chief of India in September.
		In his several incursions into India he conquered all of what is now Pakistan and in the Third Battle of Panipat with the help of his Afghan allies in India itself that is Hafiz Rahmat Khan,Najib ud Dowlah and the Bangash rulers of Farrukhabad and also Shuja ud Dowlah of Oudh.
	khyberwatch.netfirms.com /durandline4.htm (3961 words)

	History of Haryana - Vedas - Aryans - Kurukshetra, Saraswati, Mahabharat, Harshvardhan, Panipat
		The intrusion of Ahmed Shah Durrani in India, culminated in the third battle of Panipat in 1761.
		Another decisive battle was fought in Panipat in 1556, establishing the reign of the Mughals for centuries to come.
		Before the Mahabharat war, a battle of ten kings took place in the Kurukshetra region in the Saraswati valley.
	www.haryana-online.com /History/history.htm (749 words)

	Timur Shah Durrani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Timur Shah (1748 - 18 May 1793), the second son of Ahmed Shah Abdali and the second of the Durrani Dynasty, was the Shah of Afghanistan from 16 October 1772 until his death.
		Timur died in 1793, and was then succeeded by his fifth son Zaman Shah.
		Timur and Jahan were never able to establish law and order.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timur_Shah (342 words)

	The Nation
		The Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan of late Shah Ahmed Noorani in NWFP are fully backing Chief Minister Akram Durrani to be given permission by the central leadership to attend the NSC meeting.
		However, the Jamaat-e-Islami leadership both at federal and provincial level has been opposing any such move.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/may-2005/24/index5.php (342 words)

	KASHMIR - The story behind the story
		In 1752 Afghanistan leader Ahmed Shah Durrani defeated the Mughals and annexed Kashmir.
		Jammu and Kashmir has 3 distinct components: a Hindu majority in Jammu, Buddhist dominate Ladakh in the North, and a predominantly Muslim population in the Kashmir Valley.
		Kashmir was then sold to the self-entitled Maharajah (Indian King) Ghulab Singh of Jammu for 7.5 million rupees (app US$166) under the Treaty of Amritsar.
	www.didyouknow.cd /story/kashmir.htm (1693 words)

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