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Sadozai Sultanate of Herat

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Map of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat

The Sadozai Sultanate of Herat (Persian: سلطنت سدوزایی هرات) was a state in Herat, established in 1716 when Abdali Afghans, led by their chiefs Asad Allāh Khan and Zaman Khan, expelled Safavid forces from the region.[1] They were conquered in 1732 by the Afsharids.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ a b Nejatie, Sajjad (November 2017). The Pearl of Pearls: The Abdālī-Durrānī Confederacy and Its Transformation under Aḥmad Shāh, Durr-i Durrān (Thesis thesis).
  2. ^ Noelle-Karimi, Christine (2014). The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. ISBN 978-3-7001-7202-4.
  3. ^ Lee, Jonathan L. (2019-01-15). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.