Sadozai Sultanate of Herat

Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
(1716–1732)
سلطنت سدوزی هرات
Map of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
Map of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
Capital
and largest city
Herat
Other languagesPersian, Arabic
Sultan 
• 1716–1718 (first)
Abd Allah Khan
• 1725–1731 (last)
Zulfiqar Khan
Today part ofAfghanistan
Iran
Turkmenistan

The Sadozai Sultanate of Herat (Arabic: سلطنت سدوزی هرات) was a state in Herat, established in 1716 when Abdali Afghans, led by their chiefs Asad Allāh Khan and Zaman Khan, expelled Safavid forces from the region.[1] They were conquered in 1732 by the Safavids.[1][2][3]

History

List of the sultans of Herat

1717–1721: Abd Allah Khan

1721: Mohammad Zaman Khan

1721–1722: Shah Qasim Khan

1722: Muqarrab Khan, brother of Abd Allah Khan

1722–1724: Shah Muhammad Khan, son of Abd Allah Khan

1725–1731: Zulfiqar Khan, son of Muhammad Zaman Khan

1725–1732: Allah Yar Khan, son of Abd Allah Khan

References

  1. ^ a b Nejatie, Sajjad (November 2017). The Pearl of Pearls: The Abdālī-Durrānī Confederacy and Its Transformation under Aḥmad Shāh, Durr-i Durrān (Thesis thesis).
  2. ^ Noelle-Karimi, Christine (2014). The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. ISBN 978-3-7001-7202-4.
  3. ^ Lee, Jonathan L. (2019-01-15). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.