Afghanistan is the source of the Hotak dynasty, which ruled from 1548 to 1682.
The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires .	others	Ethnic groups in Afghanistan	Kushans	Kushan Empire	Hephthalites	Hephthalite Empire	Samanids	Samanid Empire	Saffarids	Saffarid Empire	Ghaznavids	Ghaznavids	Ghorids	Ghorids	Khiljis	Khilji dynasty	Mughals	Mughal Empire	Hotaks	Hotak Empire	Durranis	Durrani dynasty
The Hotak dynasty or the Hotaki dynasty was an Afghan monarchy of the Ghilji Pashtuns , established in April 1709 by Mirwais Hotak after leading a successful revolution against their declining Persian Safavid overlords in Kandahar .	Mirwais Hotak	Mirwais Hotak	Kandahar	Old Kandahar	Persian	Persian language	monarchy	monarchy	Ghilji	Ghilji	Safavid	Safavid dynasty
