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- [ɣəlˈd͡ʒi]; Persian: خیلجی, romanized: Xelji) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai and Ghilzay (غلزی), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes. Their traditional...
- 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...
- 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...
- primarily found in ****stan and Afghanistan. They are part of the larger Ghilzai group of the Pashtuns. The tribe has a rich history, with roots that stretch...
- 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...
- among natives to describe their country. In 1709, Mirwais Hotak, a local Ghilzai tribal leader, successfully rebelled against the Safavids. He defeated...
- 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...
- 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...
- Babur had planned an expedition against Kandahar in 1506, which was governed by Shah Shuja better known as Shah Beg Arghun. Babur had marched towards Shniz...