Hussain Hotak

Shah Hussain Hotak (Pashto/Dari: شاه حسين هوتک), son of Mirwais Hotak, was the fifth and last ruler of the Ghilji Hotak dynasty. An ethnic Pashtun (Afghan) from the Ghilji tribe, he succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother Mahmud Hotak in 1725 at the hand of their cousin Ashraf Hotak. He was also a Pashto language poet. While his cousin Ashraf ruled most of Persia from Isfahan, Hussain ruled Kandahar,^[4] but was defeated.

Shah Hussain Hotak شاه حسين هوتک
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign	22 April 1725 – 24 March 1738
Coronation	1725
Predecessor	Mahmud Hotak
Successor	Position abolished
Born	Kandahar, Hotaki Dynasty
Died	1738 Mazandaran, Afsharid dynasty[1]
Burial	Kandahar
Names Hussain Hotak[2]
Dynasty	Hotak dynasty
Father	Mirwais Hotak[3]
Religion	Sunni Islam

Ashraf's death in 1729 marked the end of the very short-lived Hotak rule in Persia (Iran), but Kandahar was still under Hussain's control until 1738 when Nader Shah conquered it. It was only a short pause before the establishment of the last Afghan Empire^[5] in 1747.^[6][7]

See also

• Hotak dynasty
• History of Afghanistan
• Siege of Kandahar

References

1. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
2. Mujtaba, Bahaudin Ghulam; Sayed Tayeb Jawad (2006). Afghanistan: Realities of War and Rebuilding. Ilead Academy. p. 10. ISBN 9780977421114. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
3. Vogelsang, Willem (2002). The Afghans. Wiley Blackwell. p. 224. ISBN 0-631-19841-5. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
4. "An Outline of the History of Persia During the Last Two Centuries (A.D. 1722–1922)". Edward G. Browne. London: Packard Humanities Institute. p. 31. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
5. "Last Afghan empire". Louis Dupree, Nancy Hatch Dupree and others. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
6. "Afghanistan x. Political History". D. Balland. Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
7. Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1987). E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936. Vol. 2. BRILL. p. 146. ISBN 9789004097964. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

External links

• An Outline Of The History Of Persia During The Last Two Centuries (A.D. 1722–1922)
• Hotak Rule

Hussain Hotak Hotak dynasty
Preceded by Mahmud Hotak	Emir of Afghanistan 1725–1738	Succeeded by Position abolished