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Ashraf Hotak

d. 1730 · 18th century · Also known as Ashraf Khan

Ashraf Hotak was an Afghan ruler of the Hotak dynasty who reigned as shah in Persia from 1725, after deposing his cousin Mahmud Hotak. He made peace with the Ottomans, but Nader, fighting for the Safavid Tahmasp II, defeated him at Damghan and Murche-Khort in 1729 and drove the Afghans out of Persia. He was killed in 1730 while fleeing towards Kandahar.

Ashraf Hotak
Image: Ashrafi coin of Ashraf Hotak · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Hotak dynasty

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