Afghanistan Rulers in the History

Year		Head of State, King, President	Wazir, Prime Minister, Deputy, Vice President
1709-1715	Mirwais Khan Hotaki
1716-1725	Mahmood Shah Hotaki
1725-1729	Ashraf Shah Hotaki
1729-1747	Ahmad Shah Durrani
1747-1773	Ahmad Shah Durrani
1773-1793	Timur Shah Durrani
1793-1801	Zaman Shah Durrani
1801-1804	Shah Mahmood Durrani
1804-1809	Shah Shuja
1809-1818	Shah Mahmood Durrani
1819-1833
1834-1839	Dost Mohammad Khan
1839-1842	Shah Shuja
1843-1846	Wazir Akbar Khan
1846-1863	Dost Mohammad Khan
1863-1866	Amir Sher Ali Khan
1867	Mohammad Afzal Khan
1868		Mohammad Azam Khan
1868-1878		Amir Sher Ali Khan
1879		Yaqoob Khan
1880		Ayub Khan
1880-1901		Amir Abdul Rahman Khan
1901-1919		Amir Habibullah Khan
1919-1929		King Amanullah Khan
1929		Habibullah Kalakani (Bachai Saqao)
1929-1933		King Mohammad Nader Shah	Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan 14 Nov 1929 - May 1946
1933-1973		King Mohammad Zahir Shah	Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan May 1946 - 7 Sep 1953 Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan 7 Sep 1953 - 10 Mar 1963 Mohammad Yusuf Khan 10 Mar 1963 - 2 Nov 1965 Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal 2 Nov 1965 - 11 Oct 1967 Abdullah Yaqta 11 Oct 1967 - 1 Nov 1967(interim) Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi 1 Nov 1967 - 9 Jun 1971 Sharifi Abdul Zahir 9 Jun 1971 - 12 Dec 1972 Mohammad Musa Shafiq 12 Dec 1972 - 17 Jul 1973
1973-1978		Prince Mohammad Daud Khan	Deputy Abdullah 17 Jul 1973 - 27 Apr 1978
1978-1979		Noor Mohammad Taraki	Hafizullah Amin 27 Mar 1979 - 27 Dec 1979
1979		Hafizullah Amin	Babrak Karmal 27 Dec 1979 - 11 Jun 1981
1979-1986		Babrak Karmal	Sultan Ali Keshtmand 11 Jun 1981 - 26 May 1988
1986-1992		Najibullah Ahmadzai	Mohammad Hasan Sharq 26 May 1988 - 21 Feb 1989 Sultan Ali Keshtmand 21 Feb 1989 - 8 May 1990 Fazal Haq Khaliqyar 8 May 1990 - 15 Apr 1992
1992		Sebghatullah Mojadedi	Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani 6 Jul 1992 - 15 Aug 1992
1992-1995		Burhanuddin Rabbani	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 17 Jun 1993 - 28 Jun 1994
1995-2001		Mullah Mohammad Omar	Arsala Rahmani Nov 1994 - 1995 -Jun (exile)
2001-2002		Hamid Karzai Interim Leader
2002-2004		Hamid Karzai Transitional Leader	Abdul Qadir, Amin Arsala & Karim Khalili
2004-2009		President Hamid Karzai	Ahmad Zia Masood & Karim Khalili
2009-2014		President Hamid Karzai	Qasim Fahim & Karim Khalili
2014-present		President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai	Abdullah Abdullah

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Leaders who had control over Afghanistan since 4000BC
4000	2000	Aryan Invasion
2000		Yama
1500		Fraidoon
1000		Zorastar
521	485	Darius
485	465	Xerxes I
336	330	Darius III
330		Alexander the great
		Alexander dies and Afghanistan is ruled by 4 governors in qandahar Kabul balkh and herat
250		Governors cut ties with Greece and establishes Bakhter
		Buddha carved in bamian
130		Parthian
78		Koshani kingdom captures Khorasan
120		Kanishka becomes Koshani king and moves capital to bagram summer and Peshawar winter
220		Waswadwa killed and ends the Koshani dynasty
200	600	Koshani Period
720		afghans converted to Islam
997	1030	Sultan Mahmood Ghaznawi
1030	1030	Sultan Mohammad Ghaznawi
1030	1040	Sultan Masood Ghaznawi
1040	1049	Sultan Modood Ghaznawi
1049	1049	Sultan Hassan Ali Ghaznawi
1049	1052	Sultan Mansoor Ghaznawi
1052	1059	Sultan Abolfazl Farokhzad Ghaznawi
1059	1098	Sultan Abolmozafar Ibrahim Ghaznawi
1098	1115	Sultan Sayed Masood Ghaznawi
1115	1117	Sultan Abolfath Arsalan Ghaznawi
1117	1153	Sultan Abolmuzafar Bahram Ghaznawi
1153	1160	Sultan Abolshuja Khosrow Ghaznawi
1160	1186	Sultan Khosrow Malik Ghaznawi
1186	1206	Mohammad Ghori
1205	1220	Mahmud II Khwarezmian
1220	1226	Changez Khan
1226	1241	Ogedei Khan
1241	1246	Toregen Khatun Ogedei's Wife
1246	1248	Guyuk Khan
1248	1259	Mangu Khan
1259	1265	Hulagu Khan of IlKhan Empire under Mongols
1265	1282	Abaqa Khan
1284	1284	Ahmad Tekuder Khan
1282	1291	Arghun Khan
1291	1295	Gaykhatu Khan
1295	1295	Baydu Khan
1295	1304	Mahmood Ghazan Khan
1304	1316	Mohammad Khodabanda Khan
1316	1335	Abu Sayed Khan
1335	1336	Arpa Keyom Khan
1336	1337	Musa Khan reported to Hassan Buzurg
1337	1338	Mohammad Khan
1338	1340	Jahan Timur
1340	1356	Hassan Buzurg
1356	1374	Sheikh Wais
1374		Hassan
1374		Hussain
1369	1405	Timur Shah Lang
1405	1407	Pir Mohammad Timuri
1407	1447	Shah Rukh  Timuri
1447	1449	Ulugh Beg Timuri
1449	1450	Abdul Latif Timuri
1450	1451	Abdullah Timuri
1451	1469	Abdul Sayed Gurgan Timuri
1469	1506	Husain Bayqarah Timuri
1506	1530	Babur Shah
1530	1556	Homayoon Shah
1556	1605	Akbar Shah
1605	1627	Jahangir Shah
1627	1658	Shah Jahan
1658	1707	Aurangzeb
1707	1709	Khan Nasher leads the Ghilzai to Persia
1709	1715	Mirwais Khan Hotaki Ghilzai
1715	1725	Mahmood Hotaki
1725	1729	Ashraf Hotaki
1729	1738	Ahmad Shah Baba Durrani
1738	1747	Nadir Afshar Captures Kandahar, Ghazni, Kabul
1747	1773	Ahmad Shah Baba Durrani
1773	1793	Timur Shah Durrani
1793	1801	Zaman Shah Durrani
1801	1804	Mahmood Shah Durrani
1804	1809	Shah Shuja
1809	1818	Mahood Shah Durrani
1818	1819	Sultan Ali Shah
1819	1823	Ayub Shah
1823
	1834
1834	1839	Dost Mohammad Khan
1839	1842	Shah Shuja Returns
1843	1846	Wazir Akbar Khan
1846	1863	Dost Mohammad Khan
1863	1866	Sher Ali Khan
1866	1867	Mohammad Afzal Khan
1868		Mohammad Azam Khan
1868	1878	Sher Ali Khan Returns
1879		Mohammad Yaqub Khan
1880		Mohammad Ayub Khan
1880	1901	Abdul Rahman Khan
1901	1919	Abdul Rahman Khan
1919	1929	Amanullah Khan
1929		Enayatullah Khan
1929		Habibullah Kalakani
1929	1933	Mohammad Nadir Shah
1933	1973	Mohammad Zahir Shah
1973	1978	Mohammad Daud Khan
1978	1979	Noor Mohammad taraki
1979		Hafizullah Amin
1979	1986	Babrak Karmal
1986	1987	Haji Mohammad Chamkani
1987	1992	Najibullah Ahmadzai
1992		Abdul Rahim Hatif
1992		Sebghatullah Mojadedi
1992	1996	Burhanuddin Rabbani
1996	2001	Mullah Mohammad Omar
2001	2004	Hamid Karzai
2004	2009	Hamid Karzai
2009		Hamid Karzai

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