Territorial change of Durrani Empire

“Durrani Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1748 to 1827. Its territory was largest in AD 1763 – 1768, at ≈ 2.20 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1763 – 1768 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1763: number 132 of 6.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Qing dynasty — 32 frames
• Mughal Empire — 28 frames
• Khanate of Khiva — 22 frames
• Qajar dynasty — 21 frames
• Emirate of Bukhara — 21 frames
• Sikh Confederacy — 20 frames
• Zand dynasty — 15 frames
• Sikh Empire — 14 frames
• Tibet — 13 frames
• Khanate of Bukhara — 12 frames
• Kingdom of England — 4 frames
• Talpur dynasty — 4 frames
• Afsharid Iran — 2 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 14 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Khanate of Bukhara

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Durrani Empire, colloquially known as the Kingdom of Afghanistan, the Afghan Empire, or the Sadozai Kingdom, was an Afghan empire founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani, of the Pashtun Durrani tribe. The empire spanned parts of Central Asia, the Iranian plateau, and the Indian subcontinent.

Wikipedia (English) “Durrani Empire”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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