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Ashraf Hotak
Shah Ashraf Hotak
, (
Pashto
,
Dari
: ), also known as
Shah Ashraf Ghilji
(died 1730), son of
Abdul Aziz Hotak
, was the fourth ruler of the
Hotak dynasty
. An
Afghan
from the
Ghilji
Pashtuns
, he served as a commander in the army of
Mahmud Hotak
during his revolt against the heavily declining
Safavid Persians
. Ashraf also participated in the
Battle of Gulnabad
. In 1725, he briefly succeeded to the throne (
Shah of Persia
) after the death of his cousin Mahmud.
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