Sadozai Sultanate of Herat

Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
(1716–1732)
سلطنت سدوزی هرات
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 of Afghanistan
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.