In the year 1712, the Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah, a grandson of Aurangzeb sent gifts to the Ottoman Sultan Ahmad III and refereed to himself as the Ottoman Sultan's devoted admirer.

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Ahmad Shah Massoud was born on September 2, 1953 in Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan.

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The Durrani Empire (, also referred to as the Last Afghan Empire ) was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani with its capital at Kandahar, Afghanistan.

With the support of various tribal leaders, Ahmad Shah Durrani extended Afghan control from Mashad in the west to Kashmir and Delhi in the east, and from the Amu Darya in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south.

Ahmad Shah then set out westward to take possession of Herat, which was ruled by Shahrukh Afshar.

Ahmad Shah and his forces invaded India four times, taking control of the Kashmir and the Punjab region.

After the death of Ahmad Shah in about 1772, his son Timur Shah became the next ruler of the Durrani dynasty who decided to make Kabul the new capital of the empire, and used Peshawar as the winter capital.

The Durrani Empire is considered the foundation of the modern state of Afghanistan, with Ahmad Shah Durrani being credited as " Father of the Nation ".

In October 1747 a loya jirga ( grand council ) concluded near the city of Kandahar with Ahmad Shah Durrani being selected as the new leader of the Afghans, thus the Durrani dynasty was founded.

Despite being younger than the other contenders, Ahmad Shah had several overriding factors in his favor.

In 1749, the Mughal ruler was induced to cede Sindh, the Punjab region and the important trans Indus River to Ahmad Shah in order to save his capital from Afghan attack.

Having thus gained substantial territories to the east without a fight, Ahmad Shah turned westward to take possession of Herat, which was ruled by Nader Shah's grandson, Shah Rukh of Persia, and then Mashhad ( in present-day Iran ).

In Syria, Grand Mufti Ahmad Badruddin Hassoun prohibiting every type of smoking, including cigarettes and narghile, as well as the selling and buying of tobacco and any affiliation with tobacco distribution ( see also Smoking in Syria ).

Ahmad Shah not only represented the Durranis but he also united all the Pashtun tribes.

Ibrahim Ahmad, a Jordanian-American traveling from his home in Oklahoma City to visit family in Jordan on April 19, 1995, was also arrested in what was described as an " initial dragnet.

There are also claims that Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi was of Kashmiri origin from the Northern region of the Indian Subcontinent.

:* 1528-1535: Jihad against Ethiopia led by Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi ( also called Ahmed Gurey and Ahmed Gran ; " the Left-handed ").

The Vikings also added 2 new weapons to their offense: veteran wide receiver Ahmad Rashad and rookie wide receiver Sammy White combined for 104 receptions, 1, 577 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns.

Len Berman and his NFL ' 82 castmates, Mike Adamle ( who also covered the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation ceremony ), Ahmad Rashad and Pete Axthelm anchored the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

The city of Turkestan in Kazakhstan that hosts the body of the saint Ahmad Yasavi is also called the " astana " as is the city of Mashhad in Iran that is the burial place of the 8th Shiite Imam Reza.

After being declared sane, Nazari, whose name was also reported as being Hassan Ali al-Baadani or Muhammad Ahmad al-Naziri, was sentenced to death the next day for killing a headmistress, a teacher, a cafeteria worker, a bystander and two students and executed with five shots in the chest in an empty lot between the two schools on April 5, 1997.

Vasili II of Russia also supported Sayid Ahmad in order to weaken Olugh Moxammat who established the Khanate of Kazan and made Moscow a tributary.

Exemplary figures of Islamic fundamentalism who are also termed Islamists are Sayyid Qutb, Ruhollah Khomeini, Abul Ala Mawdudi, and Israr Ahmad.

" Hersh explains that the OSP " relied on data gathered by other intelligence agencies and also on information provided by the Iraqi National Congress, or I. N. C., the exile group headed by Ahmad Chalabi.

Benazir Bhutto also responded to Khan when she moved the Ministry of Science and Technology's office to the Prime Minister Secretariat with Munir Ahmad Khan directly reporting to her.

He was also the subject of a 2008 biography by investigative journalist Aram Roston, The Man Who Pushed America to War ; The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, And Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi and a 2011 biography by 60 Minutes producer Richard Bonin, " Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi's Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq ".

Veteran politician Ahmad Qavam ( also known as Ghavam os-Saltaneh ) was appointed as Iran's new prime minister.

Under the leadership of Abu Ahmad ’ s descendants, the Chishtiya as they are also known, flourished as a regional mystical order.

" Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal also spoke strongly against kalam, stating his view that no one looks into kalam unless there is " corruption in his heart ," and even went so far as to prohibit sitting with people practicing kalam even if they were defending the Sunnah, and instructing his students to warn against any person they saw practicing kalam.

The Agong at the time, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, agreed with the proposals in principle but baulked when he realised that the proposal would also deem Sultans to assent to laws passed by state assemblies.

Tugh Temur was also given some Russian captives by Chagatai prince Changshi as well as Kublai's future khatun Chabi had servant Ahmad Fanakati from Ferghana valley before her marriage.