Polity · 1748 CE – 1827 CE
Durrani Empire
د درانیانو ټولواکمني · امپراتوری درانی · د درانيانو ټولواکمني
- Peak recorded area
- 2,195,340 km²
- 1763 CE
- Data series
- 14
- 1748 CE–1819 CE
Overview
The Durrani Empire, colloquially known as the Kingdom of Afghanistan, Afghan Empire or the Sadozai Kingdom, was an Afghan empire founded by the Durrani tribe of Pashtuns under Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747, which spanned parts of Central Asia, the Iranian plateau, and the Indian subcontinent. At its peak, it ruled over present-day Afghanistan, much of Pakistan, parts of northeastern and southeastern Iran, eastern Turkmenistan, and northwestern India.
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Territory
19 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1827 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 1.46score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 1score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Levels | 4levels1748 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 1score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Territory km²3 obs · 1772 CE–1819 CE | 489Ksq km1819 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Territory | 6.25score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 5levels1748 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 1.5levels1748 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.3818score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 4.17score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.7692score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.3727score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 1.5score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Settlement Hierarchy | 3.5levels1748 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Pashto, Persian
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Durrani Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.