A member of a Pashtun dynasty that ruled Afghanistan and parts of India from the 18th to 19th centuries.
From Persian 'dur' meaning 'pearl' combined with the suffix '-ani' denoting belonging to a group. The Durrani Empire was founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747.
The Durrani Empire was so powerful it stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Arabian Sea, making it one of the largest empires of its time—yet most people have never heard of it!
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