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1 Persian Achaemeniad control
2 Greek control
3 Indian control
4 Parthian control
5 Greco-Bactrian control
6 Yüeh-Chi (Kushans)
7 Sasanid Persian rule
8 Arab muslim dynastic rule
9 Competing local dynasties
10 Seljuk Turks (Selyucids)
11 Shansabani Persians of Ghür (Ghürids)
12 Khwärezm-Shahs (Uzbekhs)
13 The Mongols
14 Sarbardarids
15 Timurids
16 Eastern Afghanistan
17 Western Afghanistan
18 Independent Afghanistan under the Hotaki Khans
19 Return of the Safavid Persians
20 Shah Nader's Persian Empire and the unifying of Afghanistan
21 Independent Afghanistan under the House of Durrani
22 House of Baraksay
23 Republic of Afghanistan: The presidency of Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan
24 Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
25 Russian occupation
26 Civil war: Post-Russian occupation
27 Civil war: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
28 Taliban rule
29 Post-Taliban rule
  
  
  Updated November 2001
  Compiled by Dr Kevin Vang © 2001
  Website by Ahmet Bektas (web ).
13.0 THE MONGOLS
1219 Ghengis Khan (Temujin) leads the Mongol invasion of Afghanistan and forces Ala-ad-Din back to the Caspian Sea
1220 Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (son of Ala-ad-Din): leads a major uprisig and defeats the Monguls under General Kutikonian at Parwan (near modern Jabal os Saraj).
1220 Ghengis Khan (at Herat) lay seige to Bamian and totally destroys the city where his grandson Mutugen is killed. Takes Herat. Ghengis Khan recaptures Ghazna and Jalal ad-Din flees to the Indus where he is finally defeated.
1221-1227 Ghengis Khan and the Mongol Empire: consolidate their control over the area. Dies 1227. Great Mongol Empire begins to desintigrate.
1227-1337 Afghanistan again breaks into local independent principalities, and khanates under the suzerainity of local Mongol Khans.
 

© 2001 by Kevin Vang

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