Mir Wais Hotak

Mir Wais Khan Hotak (1673-1715) was a PashtunMalleson, George Bruce (1879) "Chapter 7: The Ghilzai Rule" "History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878" W.H. Allen & Co., London, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/4219393 OCLC 4219393] , limited view at [http://www.google.co.uk/books?id=pqNGBEmHUd4C Google Books] ] Ewans, Martin (2002) "Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics" HarperCollins, New York, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rpS-j5uSetAC&pg=PA30&ots=tN7i-0uvbk&dq=Ghilzai+Hotaki&sig=qg-rumflkY4Y9h0AKnErQ_KvtQM Page 30] ISBN 0-06-050507-9] tribal chief of the Ghilzai clan from Kandahar, who founded the Hotaki dynasty that ruled Persia from 1722 to 1729. [Axworthy, Michael (2006) "The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant" I.B. Tauris, New York, [http://books.google.com/books?id=O4FFQjh-gr8C&pg=PA186&ots=6a_ZdqPwhI&dq=Ghilzai+Hotaki&sig=R9L5Fv5tjS1w78QfBv31eMfUKn0 Page 186] , ISBN 1-85043-706-8]

Life

Mir Wais Khan was the son of Muhammad Bakir, from whom he inherited leadership of one of the Ghilzai clans. He had visited the Persian court and understood their military weaknesses. The Pastun tribes rankled under the ruling Safavids because of their continued attempts to convert the Pashtun from Sunni to Shia Islam. In 1709, Mir Wais organized militia forces against Gurgin Khan, the Georgian governor of the city who ruled in the name of the Persian Safavid Shah. Gurgin Khan was killed, and the Hotakis took control of the city. Then, Mir Wais successfully defeated a large Persian army, sent to regain control over the area. [Packard Humanities Institute - Persian Literature in Translation - Chapter IV: "An Outline Of The History Of Persia During The Last Two Centuries (A.D. 1722-1922)"... [http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=90001014&ct=29 Link] ] Mir Wais remained in power until his death in 1715 and was succeeded by his son Mir Mahmud Hotaki, who took advantage of the political weakness of the Persian Shahs and conquered the eastern Persian Empire, [ [http://www.afghanland.com/history/hotak.html Afghanland - "Mirwais Khan Hotak"...] ] while the Ottomans took the west. [Creasy, Edward Shepherd (1906) "Turkey" J.D. Morris, Philadelphia, p.298, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/775779 OCLC 775779] ]

Notes

See also

*Hotaki dynasty
*History of Afghanistan

External links

* [http://www.zharov.com/dupree/chapter03.html An Historical Guide To Afghanistan - Mir Wais Hotak (1709–1715)]
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-21394/Afghanistan Encyclopaeda Britannica - The Hotakis (from Afghanistan)]
* [http://www.afghanland.com/history/hotak.html Afghanland - Mirwais Khan Hotak]