Ahmad Shah Durrani
founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772)
7 dated entries naming Ahmad Shah Durrani, drawn from 6 separate years between 1747 CE and 1772 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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18th century
- 1747July 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.source
- 1748January 12 – Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore.source
- 1748March 11 – In battle near Manupur (15 km mi northwest of Sirhind), Mughal forces under Prince Ahmad Shah Bahadur are victorious against Ahmad Shah Durrani.source
- 1752April 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.source
- 1757January 17 – Ahmad Shah Durrani leads his Afghan forces to sack Delhi during his invasions of India.source
- 1761January 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.source
- 1772October 16 – Ahmad Shah Durrani, Afghan founder of the Durrani Empire (cancer) (b. 1724)source
Named in the same entries
- Afghanistan (2)
- Lahore (2)
- Mughal Empire (1)
- Delhi (1)
- Maratha Confederacy (1)