The
Durrani Empire,
Durrani Tulukamani,
Durrani Wakmani,
Durrani Emirate , also called the
Sadozai Kingdom and the
Last Afghan Empire, was founded in 1747 by
Ahmad Shah Durrani with its capital at
Kandahar, in present-day
Afghanistan. The Durrani Empire at its maximum extent encompassed present-day Afghanistan, northeastern
Iran, eastern
Turkmenistan (including the
Panjdeh oasis), most of
Pakistan, and northwestern
India, including the
Kashmir region. Durrani's
Pashtun soldiers also instigated the
Sikh holocaust of 1762 when they killed thousands of Sikhs in the
Punjab. With the support of various tribal leaders,
Ahmad Shah Durrani with his
Baloch allies extended Afghan control from
Khorasan in the west to
Kashmir and
Delhi in the east, and from the
Amu Darya in the north to the
Arabian Sea in the south.