Back دراني Arabic Dürranilər sülaləsi Azerbaijani দুররানি Bengali/Bangla Durrani Catalan Durrani German Durrani Spanish درانی Persian Durrani French Durrani (tribù) Italian ドゥッラーニー部族連合 Japanese
دراني | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total population | |
| 7 million in Afghanistan and 1.2 million in Pakistan [1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Afghanistan Iran Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Pashto | |
| Religion | |
 Islam |
The Durrānī (Pashto: دراني, pronounced [durɑˈni]1), formerly known as Abdālī (ابدالي), are one of the largest tribal confederation of Pashtuns.[2] Their traditional homeland is in southern Afghanistan (Loy Kandahar region), straddling into Toba Achakzai in Balochistan, Pakistan, but they are also settled in other parts of Afghanistan and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Ahmad Shah Durrani, who is considered the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, belonged to the Abdali tribe. In 1747 after establishing the Durrani Empire based in Kandahar, he adopted the epithet Shāh Durr-i-Durrān, "King, Pearl of Pearls," and changed the name of his Tareen Abdali tribe to "Durrani" after himself.[3][4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ The Hephthalites: Archaeological and Historical Analysis, Aydogdu Kurbanov, Berlin, 2010, page 242.
- ^ Runion, Meredith L. (2017-04-24). The History of Afghanistan, 2nd Edition. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610697781.