Mir Wais Hotak

Mir Wais Khan Hotak (* 1673, † 1715 ) was a Pashtun tribal leader of the Ghilzai Kandahar, who founded the Hotaki dynasty that ruled Persia from 1722 to 1729.

Life

Mir Wais was the son of Muhammad Bakirs, bequeathed him the leadership of the Ghilzai clans. He visited the Persian royal court, and recognized its military weakness. The Pashtun tribes suffered the ruling Safavids because they tried incessantly to converted the Pashtuns from Sunni to Shia. 1709 organized Mir Wais, an armed group against Gurgin Khan, the Safavid governor georgischstämmigen in Kandahar. Gurgin Khan was killed and the Hotakis took control of the city. Then Mir Wais successfully defeated a large Persian army that was sent to represent the order near, again. Mir Wais remained until his death in 1715 in power. Then, his son Mir Mahmud Hotaki became the successor. He took advantage of the weakness of the Shah of Persia, and conquered the whole of the eastern part of the Persian Empire, during the Ottomans occupied the western half.