{"slug": "pashtuns", "label": "Pashtuns", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtuns", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2556103", "qid": "Q2556103", "description": "Iranic ethnic group native to Afghanistan and Pakistan", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [662, 1947], "span_label": ["662 CE", "1947 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Pashtun people"], "related": [{"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "safavid-dynasty", "label": "Safavid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kabul", "label": "Kabul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ahmad-shah-durrani", "label": "Ahmad Shah Durrani", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-raj", "label": "British Raj", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kashmir", "label": "Kashmir", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercenary", "label": "Mercenary", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 662, "year_label": "662 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Qais Abdur Rashid from whom all Pashtuns descend according to local Pashto folklore", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805159#Deaths", "title": "662", "revid": 1340805159, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1525, "year_label": "1525 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Kasur established as a city by the Kheshgi tribe of Pashtuns from Kabul who migrate to the region in 1525 from Afghanistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368819017#Date_unknown", "title": "1525", "revid": 1368819017, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1722, "year_label": "1722 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – Battle of Gulnabad in Persia: The Pashtun people of Afghanistan, led by Mahmud Hotak, decisively defeat forces of the Persian Safavid dynasty, precipitating its fall.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365128046#January–March", "title": "1722", "revid": 1365128046, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"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": 1897, "year_label": "1897 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26–August 2 – Siege of Malakand: British troops are besieged by Pashtun tribesmen in Malakand, on the Northwest frontier of British India (modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362850810#July", "title": "1897", "revid": 1362850810, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – The new Pakistan Army and Pashtun mercenaries overrun Mirpur in Kashmir, resulting in the death of 20,000 Hindus and Sikhs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#November", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Events › November"}}]}