Durrani
Sign in to saveThe Durrānī (, ), formerly known as Abdālī (), are one of the largest tribal confederation of Pashtuns. Their traditional homeland is in southern Afghanistan (Loy Kandahar region), straddling into Toba Achakzai in Balochistan, Pakistan, but they are also settled in other parts of Afghanistan and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Durrani
- Ethnic group.native_name
- دراني
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- ps
- Ethnic group.image
- Coronation of Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747 by Breshna.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Coronation of Ahmad Shah Durr-i-Durrān by Abdali chiefs at Kandahar in 1747
- Ethnic group.population
- 7 million in Afghanistan and 1.2 million in Pakistan
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Afghanistan Iran Pakistan
- Ethnic group.langs
- Pashto
- Ethnic group.rels
- 18px Islam
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Origins
- History
- Early history
- Durrani Empire
- Barakzai dynasty
- Contemporary period
- Pashto dialect
- Subtribes
- Notables
- Notes
- See also
- References
- Further reading
The Durrānī (, ), formerly known as Abdālī (), are one of the largest tribal confederation of Pashtuns. Their traditional homeland is in southern Afghanistan (Loy Kandahar region), straddling into Toba Achakzai in Balochistan, Pakistan, but they are also settled in other parts of Afghanistan and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Ahmad Shah Durrani, who is considered the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, belonged to the Abdali tribe. In 1747 after establishing the Durrani Empire based in Kandahar, he adopted the epithet Shāh Durr-i-Durrān, "King, Pearl of Pearls," and changed the name of his Tareen Abdali tribe to "Durrani" after himself.