| Name |
Year Span |
Notes |
| Mirwais Khan Hotak |
1709-1715 |
Held hostage by Safavids. Later dies natural death & gives government to
his son Mir Mahmood |
| Mir Mahmood Hotak |
1715-1729 |
Dethroned by Iranian Nadir Shah of Afshar |
| Nadir Shah Afshar |
1729-1747 |
Assassinated near Kandahar on booty laden return from India |
| Ahmad Shah Abdali |
1747-1773 |
Founder & elected ruler of Afghanistan after a nine day "Loya Jirga". |
| Taimur Shah Abdali |
1773-1793 |
Died as a result of civil war between his twenty sons |
| Zaman Shah Abdali |
1793-1800 |
Dethroned by his wazir & imprisoned |
| Shah Mahmood |
1800-1818 |
|
| Sultan Ali Shah |
1818-1819 |
Son of Taimur Shah |
| Sultan Ayub Shah |
1819-1826 |
Deposed Sultan Ali Shah. He himself got deposed later on and was killed |
| Amir Dost Muhammad Khan |
1826-1838 |
Painda Khan's son. His government was overthrown by Shah Shuja with help
of British & Sikhs |
| Shah Shuja |
1838-1842 |
Killed along with British Captain Alexander Burnes on retreat from
Afghanistan following civil unrest caused by Dost Muhammad's sons |
| Amir Dost Muhammad Khan |
1842-1863 |
Signs peace treaty with British. Goes to conquer Herat from Iranians
before dying in 1863 which leaves his twelve sons fighting for the throne |
| Amir Sher Ali Khan |
1863-1878 |
Inclined towards the Russians. British moved in to dethrone him.
Consequently, his son took control of affairs |
| Amir Yaqub Ali Khan |
1878-1880 |
Dethroned & exiled by his nephew living in Tashkent, Tajikistan |
| Amir Abdur Rahman Khan |
1880-1901 |
Died a natural death. Left government to his son |
| Amir Habibullah Khan |
1901-1919 |
Worked for modernization. Assassinated by either the Bolsheviks or
internal elements resisting change |
| Nasrullah Khan |
1919-1919 |
Dethroned by his nephew |
| Amanullah Khan |
1919-1929 |
Flees Afghanistan after civil unrest |
| Habibullah Ghazi Khan (Bacha Saqo) |
1929-1929 |
Deposed & executed (hanged) in October 1929. He was the first Tajik ever
to rule Afghanistan |
| Muhammad Nadir Shah |
1929-1933 |
Grandson of Dost Muhammad Khan. He was assassinated in 1933 |
| Muhammad Zahir Shah |
1933-1953 |
Flees to Rome after civil unrest |
| Sardar Muhammad Daud |
1953-1963 |
Resigned from government |
| Sardar Muhammad Daud |
1973-1978 |
Overthrown in coup & killed by People's Democratic Party |
| Noor Muhammad Taraki |
1978-1979 |
Assassinated |
| Hafizullah Amin |
1979-1979 |
Assassinated by Parchamites |
| Babrak Karmal |
1980-1986 |
|
| Dr. Najibullah |
1986-1992 |
Forced to leave government. Later beaten to death by the Taleban in 1996 |
| Sibghatullah Mujadadi |
1992-1992 |
|
| Barhanudin Rabbani |
1992-1996 |
Dethroned by Taleban. Went into exile in Tajikistan. By ethnicity, he
was a Tajik. |
| Mullah Muhammad Omar |
1996-2001 |
Went underground & left control to Americans & their sponsored
government. |
| Hamid Karzai |
2001-present |
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