Mir Wais Hotak
Mir Wais Khan Hotak (1673-1715) was an Afghan national hero from Kandahar (which is a city in modern Afghanistan) who founded the Hotaki dynasty that ruled Persia (now called Iran and Iraq) from 1722 to 1736.
Mir Wais Khan was the leader of the Ghilzai clan of the ethnic Pashtuns and mayor of the city of Kandahar. In 1709, he killed Gurgin Khan, the Georgian governor that ruled in the name of the Persian Shah. Mir Wais Khan succefully defeated the Persians, who were attempting to convert the local Afghans from Sunni to Shia sect of Islam. As a result of several battles, more than 30,000 Persian army soldiers and their top generals were killed by Mir Wais and his Afghan followers.[1] Mir Wais Khan remained in power until his death in 1715 and was succeeded by his son Mir Mahmud Hotaki.[2]
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