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Mirwais Hotak

1673 - 1715

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Mirwais Khan Hotak (Pashto/Dari: ميرويس خان هوتک; 1673-1715) was an Afghan ruler from the Ghilji tribe of Pashtuns of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and the short-lived founder of the Hotak dynasty. In 1709, after overthrowing and assassinating George XI of Kartil, the Safavid Persian governor, Hotak declared independence of the Loy Kandahar region, now southern Afghanistan. Hotak is widely known as Mīrwais Nīkə (ميرويس نيکه) or Mīrwais Bābā (ميرويس بابا)—"Mirwais the Grandfather" in Pashto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mirwais Hotak is the 6,316th most popular politician (up from 7,956th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mirwais Hotak ranks 6,316 out of 19,576. Before him are Wolfram Sievers, Pyotr Rumyantsev, Wolfgang Schüssel, Hethum II, King of Armenia, Bo Xilai, and Christian Schmidt. After him are Witteric, Vazul, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Prince Charles of Prussia, and Günther Quandt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, Mirwais Hotak ranks 10. Before him are Louis de Montfort, Rosalba Carriera, Alessandro Marcello, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, and Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin. After him are Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Johann Conrad Dippel, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, and Claude Gillot. Among people deceased in 1715, Mirwais Hotak ranks 12. Before him are William Dampier, Antoine Galland, Marie Mancini, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, and Thomas Savery. After him are François Girardon, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pierre Magnol, Nicolas Lemery, Joseph Raphson, and Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mirwais Hotak ranks 53 out of 177. Before him are Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Ali Hujwiri (1009), and Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769). After him are Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), Sher Ali Khan (1825), and Menander I (-190).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mirwais Hotak ranks 37. Before him are Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), and Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769). After him are Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Menander I (-190), and Bairam Khan (1501).

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