{"slug": "ahmad-shah-durrani", "label": "Ahmad Shah Durrani", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46798", "qid": "Q46798", "description": "founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1747, 1772], "span_label": ["1747 CE", "1772 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lahore", "label": "Lahore", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "delhi", "label": "Delhi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maratha-confederacy", "label": "Maratha Confederacy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1747, "year_label": "1747 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – Ahmad Shah Durrani establishes the Durrani Empire after being elected by Pashtun chieftains in a jirga at Naderabad, laying the foundation for modern Afghanistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372981647#July–September", "title": "1747", "revid": 1372981647, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1748, "year_label": "1748 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361284371#January–March", "title": "1748", "revid": 1361284371, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1748, "year_label": "1748 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – In battle near Manupur (15 km mi northwest of Sirhind), Mughal forces under Prince Ahmad Shah Bahadur are victorious against Ahmad Shah Durrani.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361284371#January–March", "title": "1748", "revid": 1361284371, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1752, "year_label": "1752 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – The Kingdom of Afghanistan, under the rule of Ahmad Shah Durrani, recaptures the city of Lahore four years after its capture by the Sikhs of Punjab.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362993688#April–June", "title": "1752", "revid": 1362993688, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Ahmad Shah Durrani leads his Afghan forces to sack Delhi during his invasions of India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#January–March", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1761, "year_label": "1761 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: In India, the armies of the Durrani Empire from Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, killing over 100,000 Maratha soldiers and civilians in battle and in a subsequent massacre, regaining territory lost by the Mughal Empire and restoring the Mughal Emperor, Shah Alam II, to the throne in Delhi as the nominal ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369831762#January–March", "title": "1761", "revid": 1369831762, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1772, "year_label": "1772 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Ahmad Shah Durrani, Afghan founder of the Durrani Empire (cancer) (b. 1724)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362979438#Deaths", "title": "1772", "revid": 1362979438, "section": "Deaths"}}]}