Shah Hussain Hotak شاه حسين هوتک
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign	Hotak Empire: 1725–1738
Coronation	1725
Predecessor	Ashraf Hotak
Successor	Position abolished
Born	Kandahar, Hotaki Dynasty
Died	1738 Mazandaran, Afsharid dynasty [1]
Burial	Kandahar
Names Hussain Hotak [2]
Dynasty	Hotak dynasty
Father	Mirwais Hotak [3]
Religion	Sunni Islam

Shah Hussain Hotak ( Pashto/ Dari: شاه حسين هوتک), son of Mirwais Hotak, was the fifth and last ruler of the Hotak dynasty. An ethnic Pashtun ( Afghan) from the Ghilji tribe, he succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother Mahmud Hotak in 1725. He was also a Pashto language poet. While his cousin Ashraf ruled most of Persia from Isfahan, Hussain ruled Kandahar, ^[4] but was defeated.

Ashraf Khan's death in 1729 marked the end of the very short lived Hotak rule in Persia ( Iran), but Kandahar was still under Hussain's control until 1738 when Nader Shah conquered it. It was only a short pause before the establishment of the last Afghan Empire ^[5] in 1747. ^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Hotak dynasty
• History of Afghanistan
• Siege of Kandahar

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• An Outline Of The History Of Persia During The Last Two Centuries (A.D. 1722–1922)
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