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Operations against the Mahsuds. North West Frontier
of India. Type of Mahsud.
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Pashtuns of Dir, 1915
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Chitral reliefs. Pathans in Dir.
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Abdul hai habibi (1910-1984)
Pashtun historian and writer of more than 150 books.
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Professor Pareshan Khattak
Writer of master pieces like ‘pashtoon kaun?’ , ‘drana pakhto’ and ‘leek dood’. Also published his poetry under the titkae “Tanakay” and “Hagha Dwa Malalaye Stargay.”
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Pir Roshan (1525-1581)
Pashtun sufi intellectual, poet, writer and founder of Roshniya movement, who fought against mughal empire.
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Arzani Kheshgi, he was the great sufi poet of Pashto history, a contemporary of Pir Roshan. Khushaal Khan Khattak drew his certification from the poetry of Arzani Kheshgi.
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First Afghan-Mughal War (1526-1529)
1- Battle of Panipat (1526)
2- Battle of Khanwa (1527)
3- Battle of Ghaghra (1529)
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Second Afghan-Mughal War (1532
1- Battle of Daurah (1532)
2- First Siege of Chunar (1533)
3- Humayun’s campaign against Gujarat (1535)
3- Second Siege of Chunar (1537)
4- Sher Khan invasion of Bengal (1537)
5- Battle of Chausa (1539)
6- Battle of Kanauj (1540)
7- Battle of Bilgram (1540)
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Third Afghan-Mughal War (1555
1- Civil war of Afghans (1555)
2- Invasion of Humayun and defeat of Sikandar shah suri (1556)
3-Battle of Delhi (1556)
4- Second Battle of Panipat (1556)
5- Second defeat of Sikandar shah suri (1556)
6- Defeat of Ibrahim Shah Suri and annexation of jaunpur (1558)
7-Capture of Chunar fort (1561)
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Fourth Afghan-Mughal War (1573
Mughal war with Karrani dynasty of Afghans in the east (Bengal-orissa-Bihar)
1- Invasion of Jamania by Afghans (1572)
2- Battle of Patna (1573)
3-Battle of Tukaroi (1575)
4- Battle of Rajmahal and fall of karrani afghan sultanate (1576)
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Fifth Afghan-Mughal War (1580
1- Roshniya movement of Afghans
2-Afghan uprising in Bengal (1579)
3- Defeat of Birbal by Yousafzais (1586)
4- Afghan resistance from 1592 to 1630
5- Resistance of Afghans in Bengal against mughals (1586-1612)
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Sixth Afghan-Mughal War (1667
1-Invasion of Mughal territories by Yousafzais (1667)
2-Destruction of Mughal army by Darya khan Afridi (1672)
3- General Afghan uprising
4- Defeat of mughals at Karapa (1674)
5- Aurangzeb takes command (1675)
6- Victory of Mughals at gandamak (1675)
7- Victory of Afghans at jagdalak (1675)
8- Defeat of mughals at bajaur (1675)
9- Mughal victories (1676-1677)
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This means the Afghans kept on attacking mughals all these years and we had the marattas from the other side?
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Marathas, unike Afghans, were not chronically agitated against mughals. It was shivaji who became the problem. Shivaji became active against mughals and adilshahis of bijapur in 1657-1659 but in 1666 shivaji was totally defeated by aurangzeb and had to surrender all of his territories and sons to mughals. The war with Afghans costed mughals alot. Their attention and resources got directed towards north-west and aurangzeb himself had to come to attock to deal with the afghan insurgency. This provided breathing space to shivaji, in the absence of aurangzeb, he became active again and started making against bijapur while avoiding mughals. I believe the decade long war Afghans led to the weakening of Mughal empire. Against marathas, aurangzeb heavily recruited Afghans (as rajputs were not available). But due to khushal khan khattak’s preaching, the much needed afghan recruitment in mughal army began to decline. In the next century , marathas formed maratha empire and afghans formed durrani empire, both reduced empire of aurangzeb to delhi.
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Usman Khan, Afghan chief, champion of Afghan independence and the most formidable opponent of the Mughals in Bengal. He was the son of Khwaja Isa (Isa Khan Lohani Mian Khel) and nephew of Qutlu Khan Lohani, the ruler of North Orissa. Read full article here :Banglapedia
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Mir Wais Hotak (1708-1715)
Emir of greater Kandhar
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Abdul Aziz Hotak (1715-1717
Emir of Greater Kandahar
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**Shah Mahmud hotaki (1717-1725) **
Emir of Afghanistan/Shah of Iran and Afghanistan
