Mirwais Khan Hotak
Mir wais Khan Hotak (1673-1715) was an Afghan national hero originating in Kandahar (which is a city of the modern Afghanistan) which founded the dynasty of the Hotaki which directed the Perse (now called Iran and Iraq) of 1722 to 1736.
Mir wais Khan was the chief of the clan Ghilzai pertaining to the ethnicity of the Pachtounes and Maire of the town of Kandahar. In 1709, it kills Gurgin Khan, the Gouverneur Géorgien which directs the province in the name of the Shah of Persia. Mir wais Khan demolishes the Persan ones victoriously, which wanted to convert the inhabitants of Afghanistan of the Sunni to the Shiite. The result of several battles is completed by the death of more than 30.000 soldiers and their military chiefs killed by Afghan Mir wais and its partisans. Mir wais Khan is maintained with the capacity until its death in 1715. His/her son Mir Mahmoud Hotaki succeeded to him.
In 1722, Mir Mahmud leads the army Afghan to the Perse capital of Isfahan, confusion the city and proclaims Shah Iran.
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