For the pashtoons on Facebook a history lesson 1684 The Shia Persian Safavids rule Afghanistan With brutality they continue attempts to forcefully convert Pashtuns from Sunni to Shia Islam Mirwais Hotaki A pashtun intellectual studies carefully all the military weaknesses of the Persians while he spent time there in their courts 1708 Mirwais began organizing his countrymen for a major uprising, In the same year a large part of the Persian garrison was on an expedition outside the city, his men killed the greater number of them, including Gurgin Khan (a famous persian commander) After Gurgin Khan was killed along with his army, the Hotaki tribe took control of the city and the province. Mirwais and his rebels then defeated a large Persian army of 35,000 sent to regain control over the area. of whom only some 700 escaped 1713. Another Persian army commanded by Rustam Khán was also defeated by the Pashtuns, who thus secured possession of the whole province of Qandahár and becomes independent Pashtuns then dispute within each other and oppose each other’s tribes. [Mirwais Hotaki, succeeded by his son Mahmud - future emperor of Persia]
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:38:46 +0000
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