- [ɣəlˈd͡ʒi]; Persian: خیلجی, romanized: Xelji) also
spelled Khilji, Khalji, or
Ghilzai and
Ghilzay (غلزی), are one of the
largest Pashtun tribes.
Their traditional...
- Pashto: قلات), and
historically referred to as Qalāti Khaljī or Qalat-i
Ghilzai, is a city in
southern Afghanistan that
serves as the
capital of Zabul...
- Shāh Mahmūd Hotak, (Pashto/Dari: شاه محمود هوتک) or Shāh Mahmūd Ghiljī (شاه محمود غلجي), also
known by his epithet, The
Conqueror (lived 1697 –
April 22...
-
among natives to
describe their country. In 1709,
Mirwais Hotak, a
local Ghilzai tribal leader,
successfully rebelled against the Safavids. He defeated...
- on
account of his
advanced age. The
Ghilzai rebellion was an
uprising in the
Kingdom of
Afghanistan by the
Ghilzai tribe in 1938. Its
causes laid in a...
-
Empire from 1730 to 1735.
After Ottoman support had
failed to keep the
Ghilzai Afghan invaders on the
Iranian throne, the
Ottoman possessions in western...
-
Taliban are
ethnic Pashtuns, more
specifically those belonging of the
Ghilzai confederation.
Until his
death in 2013,
Mullah Mullah Omar was the supreme...
- even as po****r
resistance grew. They also
ceased paying subsidies to the
Ghilzais, who
controlled the
routes between Kabul and Peshawar. A
brigade commanded...
- a weak ruler. When
Soltan Husayn attempted to
quell a
rebellion by the
Ghilzai Afghans in Kandahar, the
governor he sent (Gurgin Khan) was killed. Under...
-
University Press. p. 322. ISBN 0-691-03006-5.
Mirwais Khan Hotak, the
Hotaki Ghilzai chieftain and
nominal mayor of
Qandahar was a much more
formidable rival...
