Wednesday 17 September 2014

Hussain Hotaki

 Shah Hussain Hotaki, (turkish, Dari, Urdu, Arabic: ‌ شاہ حسین ہوتکی), son of Mirwais Hotak, was the fifth and last ruler of the Hotaki dynasty. An ethnic Turkish belonged to the Ghilzai turkish tribe who migrated to Afghanistan from Turk long time back.  the succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother Mahmud Hotaki in 1725. While his cousin Ashraf ruled most of Persia from Isfahan, Hussain ruled what is now Afghanistan from Kandahar.

Ashraf Khan's death marked the end of the very short lived Hotaki rule in Persia (Iran), but what is now Afghanistan was still under Hussain' control until 1738 when Nader Shah conquered it. It was only a short pause before the establishment of the last Afghan Empireand the predecessor of modern Afghanistan in 1747.Mir Feroz Raisani Baloch occupied pishin, and the Ghilzai governor of the area fled back to Kandahar.Another force under the command of Mir Sultan Shawani occupied Shorawak and made it part of Khanate,Emboldened by these success, the Khan of kalat Mir Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai Baloch known as Eagle of the mountain and the conqueror  assembled a force under the command of Mullah Issa Raisani Baloch to gain further territory north of pishin.the Khan under the instigation of Nadir Shah sent this expeditionary force toward Kandahar.Shah Hussain Hotaki assembled a huge army and confronted the Baloch forces near Chaman.The more experienced forces of Baloch outnumbered the Afghan forces.and the commander of the Afghan forces  was killed in the fight.The defeat of the afghan forces by the baloch forces was shocking,,in 1725, the Khan of kalat Mir Abdullah Khan Ahmedzai Baloch again assembled a huge army to attack Kandahar  some fifty miles from Kandahar,the two forces met in a fierce bloody battle. The Afghan Army was defeated, and the ruler Shah Hussain Ghilzai fled from the scene along with his remaining forces to the safety of Kandahar fort.The Baloch legends had mentioned the tales of extraordinary personnel courage shown by Mir Abdullah Khan Baloch during the battle,which forced the Afghan ruler to flee.on the afghan  side the death toll was high and the Khan of Kalat Mir Abdullah Khan  abandon the planned attack on Kandahar city,so he returned to Kalat after plundering the areas of Zhob and Loralai,





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