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Shah Mahmud Hotaki (Pashto Persian Urdu Arabic: شاہ محمود ہوتکی) also known as Mahmud Ghilzai (1697? — April 22 1725) was an Afghan ruler of the Hotaki dynasty who defeated and overthrew the Safavid dynasty to become the king of Persia from 1722 until his death in 1725.He was the eldest son of Mirwais Hotak the chief of the Ghilzai-Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan who had made the Kandahar region independent from Persian rule in 1709.

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active years end year
1725-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1717-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
1697-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death date
1725-04-22
death place
Isfahan
parent
Mir Wais Hotak
predecessor
Abdul Aziz Hotak
successor
Ashraf Hotaki
title
Emir of Afghanistan/Shah of Iran and Afghanistan

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