|
Date |
Head of State,
King, President |
Wazir, Prime
Minister, Deputy, Vice President |
|
1709-1715 |
Mirwais
Khan Hotaki |
|
|
1716-1725 |
Mahmood Shah Hotaki |
|
|
1725-1729 |
Ashraf Shah Hotaki |
|
|
1729-1747 |
Ahmad Shah Durrani |
|
|
1747-1773 |
Ahmad Shah Durrani |
|
|
1773-1793 |
Timur Shah Durrani |
|
|
1793-1801 |
Zaman Shah Durrani |
|
|
1801-1804 |
Shah Mahmood
Durrani |
|
|
1804-1809 |
Shah Shuja |
|
|
1809-1818 |
Shah Mahmood
Durrani |
|
|
1819-1833 |
|
|
|
1834-1839 |
Dost Mohammad Khan |
|
|
1839-1842 |
Shah Shuja |
|
|
1843-1846 |
Wazir Akbar Khan |
|
|
1846-1863 |
Dost Mohammad Khan |
|
|
1863-1866 |
Amir Sher Ali Khan |
|
|
1867 |
Mohammad Afzal
Khan |
|
|
1868 |
Mohammad Azam Khan |
|
|
1868-1878 |
Amir Sher Ali Khan |
|
|
1879 |
Yaqoob Khan |
|
|
1880 |
Ayub Khan |
|
|
1880-1901 |
Amir Abdul Rahman Khan |
|
|
1901-1919 |
Amir Habibullah Khan |
|
|
1919-1929 |
King Amanullah Khan |
|
|
1929 |
Habibullah Kalakani (Bachai
Saqao) |
|
|
1929-1933 |
King Mohammad Nader Shah |
Sardar Mohammad
Hashim Khan 14 Nov 1929 - May 1946 |
|
1933-1973 |
King Mohammad Zahir Shah |
Sardar Shah Mahmud
Khan May 1946 - 7 Sep 1953
Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan 7 Sep 1953 - 10 Mar 1963
Mohammad Yusuf Khan 10 Mar 1963 - 2 Nov 1965
Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal 2 Nov 1965 - 11 Oct 1967
Abdullah Yaqta 11 Oct 1967 - 1 Nov 1967(interim)
Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi 1 Nov 1967 - 9 Jun 1971
Sharifi Abdul Zahir 9 Jun 1971 - 12 Dec 1972
Mohammad Musa Shafiq 12 Dec 1972 - 17 Jul 1973 |
|
1973-1978 |
Prince Mohammad Daud Khan |
Deputy Abdullah 17
Jul 1973 - 27 Apr 1978 |
|
1978-1979 |
Noor Mohammad Taraki |
Hafizullah Amin 27
Mar 1979 - 27 Dec 1979 |
|
1979 |
Hafizullah Amin |
Babrak Karmal 27
Dec 1979 - 11 Jun 1981 |
|
1979-1986 |
Babrak Karmal |
Sultan Ali
Keshtmand 11 Jun 1981 - 26 May 1988 |
|
1986-1992 |
Najibullah Ahmadzai |
Mohammad Hasan
Sharq 26 May 1988 - 21 Feb 1989
Sultan Ali Keshtmand 21 Feb 1989 - 8 May 1990
Fazal Haq Khaliqyar 8 May 1990 - 15 Apr 1992 |
|
1992 |
Sebghatullah Mojadedi |
Abdul Sabur Farid
Kuhestani 6 Jul 1992 - 15 Aug 1992 |
|
1992-1995 |
Burhanuddin Rabbani |
Gulbuddin
Hekmatyar 17 Jun 1993 - 28 Jun 1994 |
|
1995-2001 |
Mullah Mohammad Omar |
Arsala Rahmani Nov
1994 - 1995 -Jun (exile) |
|
2001-2002 |
Hamid Karzai
Interim Leader |
|
|
2002-2004 |
Hamid Karzai
Transitional Leader |
Abdul Qadir, Amin
Arsala & Karim Khalili |
|
2004-2009 |
President Hamid
Karzai |
Ahmad Zia Masood & Karim Khalili |
|
2009-2014 |
President Hamid
Karzai |
Qasim Fahim & Karim Khalili |
|
|
|
|
|
Leaders who had control over Afghanistan
since 4000BC |
|
4000 |
2000 |
Aryan Invasion |
|
2000 |
? |
Yama |
|
1500 |
? |
Fraidoon |
|
1000 |
? |
Zorastar |
|
521 |
485 |
Darius |
|
485 |
465 |
Xerxes I |
|
336 |
330 |
Darius III |
|
330 |
|
Alexander the great |
|
|
|
Alexander dies and Afghanistan is ruled by 4 governors in
qandahar Kabul balkh and herat |
|
250 |
|
Governors cut ties with Greece and establishes Bakhter |
|
|
|
Buddha carved in bamian |
|
130 |
0 |
Parthian |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78 |
|
Koshani kingdom captures Khorasan |
|
120 |
|
Kanishka becomes Koshani king and moves capital to bagram
summer and Peshawar winter |
|
|
|
|
|
220 |
|
Waswadwa killed and ends the Koshani dynasty |
|
200 |
600 |
Koshani Period |
|
720 |
|
afghans converted to Islam |
|
997 |
1030 |
Sultan Mahmood Ghaznawi |
|
1030 |
1030 |
Sultan Mohammad Ghaznawi |
|
1030 |
1040 |
Sultan Masood Ghaznawi |
|
1040 |
1049 |
Sultan Modood Ghaznawi |
|
1049 |
1049 |
Sultan Hassan Ali Ghaznawi |
|
1049 |
1052 |
Sultan Mansoor Ghaznawi |
|
1052 |
1059 |
Sultan Abolfazl Farokhzad Ghaznawi |
|
1059 |
1098 |
Sultan Abolmozafar Ibrahim Ghaznawi |
|
1098 |
1115 |
Sultan Sayed Masood Ghaznawi |
|
1115 |
1117 |
Sultan Abolfath Arsalan Ghaznawi |
|
1117 |
1153 |
Sultan Abolmuzafar Bahram Ghaznawi |
|
1153 |
1160 |
Sultan Abolshuja Khosrow Ghaznawi |
|
1160 |
1186 |
Sultan Khosrow Malik Ghaznawi |
|
1186 |
1206 |
Mohammad Ghori |
|
1205 |
1220 |
Mahmud II Khwarezmian |
|
1220 |
1226 |
Changez Khan |
|
1226 |
1241 |
Ogedei Khan |
|
1241 |
1246 |
Toregen Khatun Ogedei's Wife |
|
1246 |
1248 |
Guyuk Khan |
|
1248 |
1259 |
Mangu Khan |
|
1259 |
1265 |
Hulagu Khan of IlKhan Empire under Mongols |
|
1265 |
1282 |
Abaqa Khan |
|
1284 |
1284 |
Ahmad Tekuder Khan |
|
1282 |
1291 |
Arghun Khan |
|
1291 |
1295 |
Gaykhatu Khan |
|
1295 |
1295 |
Baydu Khan |
|
1295 |
1304 |
Mahmood Ghazan Khan |
|
1304 |
1316 |
Mohammad Khodabanda Khan |
|
1316 |
1335 |
Abu Sayed Khan |
|
1335 |
1336 |
Arpa Keyom Khan |
|
1336 |
1337 |
Musa Khan reported to Hassan Buzurg |
|
1337 |
1338 |
Mohammad Khan |
|
1338 |
1340 |
Jahan Timur |
|
1340 |
1356 |
Hassan Buzurg |
|
1356 |
1374 |
Sheikh Wais |
|
1374 |
|
Hassan |
|
1374 |
|
Hussain |
|
1369 |
1405 |
Timur Shah Lang |
|
1405 |
1407 |
Pir Mohammad Timuri |
|
1407 |
1447 |
Shah Rukh Timuri |
|
1447 |
1449 |
Ulugh Beg Timuri |
|
1449 |
1450 |
Abdul Latif Timuri |
|
1450 |
1451 |
Abdullah Timuri |
|
1451 |
1469 |
Abdul Sayed Gurgan Timuri |
|
1469 |
1506 |
Husain Bayqarah Timuri |
|
1506 |
1530 |
Babur Shah |
|
1530 |
1556 |
Homayoon Shah |
|
1556 |
1605 |
Akbar Shah |
|
1605 |
1627 |
Jahangir Shah |
|
1627 |
1658 |
Shah Jahan |
|
1658 |
1707 |
Aurangzeb |
|
1707 |
1709 |
Khan Nasher leads the Ghilzai to Persia |
|
1709 |
1715 |
Mirwais Khan Hotaki Ghilzai |
|
1715 |
1725 |
Mahmood Hotaki |
|
1725 |
1729 |
Ashraf Hotaki |
|
1729 |
1738 |
Ahmad Shah Baba Durrani |
|
1738 |
1747 |
Nadir Afshar Captures Kandahar, Ghazni, Kabul |
|
1747 |
1773 |
Ahmad Shah Baba Durrani |
|
1773 |
1793 |
Timur Shah Durrani |
|
1793 |
1801 |
Zaman Shah Durrani |
|
1801 |
1804 |
Mahmood Shah Durrani |
|
1804 |
1809 |
Shah Shuja |
|
1809 |
1818 |
Mahood Shah Durrani |
|
1818 |
1819 |
Sultan Ali Shah |
|
1819 |
1823 |
Ayub Shah |
|
1823 |
|
|
|
|
1834 |
|
|
1834 |
1839 |
Dost Mohammad Khan |
|
1839 |
1842 |
Shah Shuja Returns |
|
1843 |
1846 |
Wazir Akbar Khan |
|
1846 |
1863 |
Dost Mohammad Khan |
|
1863 |
1866 |
Sher Ali Khan |
|
1866 |
1867 |
Mohammad Afzal Khan |
|
1868 |
|
Mohammad Azam Khan |
|
1868 |
1878 |
Sher Ali Khan Returns |
|
1879 |
|
Mohammad Yaqub Khan |
|
1880 |
|
Mohammad Ayub Khan |
|
1880 |
1901 |
Abdul Rahman Khan |
|
1901 |
1919 |
Abdul Rahman Khan |
|
1919 |
1929 |
Amanullah Khan |
|
1929 |
|
Enayatullah Khan |
|
1929 |
|
Habibullah Kalakani |
|
1929 |
1933 |
Mohammad Nadir Shah |
|
1933 |
1973 |
Mohammad Zahir Shah |
|
1973 |
1978 |
Mohammad Daud Khan |
|
1978 |
1979 |
Noor Mohammad taraki |
|
1979 |
|
Hafizullah Amin |
|
1979 |
1986 |
Babrak Karmal |
|
1986 |
1987 |
Haji Mohammad Chamkani |
|
1987 |
1992 |
Najibullah Ahmadzai |
|
1992 |
|
Abdul Rahim Hatif |
|
1992 |
|
Sebghatullah Mojadedi |
|
1992 |
1996 |
Burhanuddin Rabbani |
|
1996 |
2001 |
Mullah Mohammad Omar |
|
2001 |
2004 |
Hamid Karzai |
|
2004 |
2009 |
Hamid Karzai |
|
2009 |
|
Hamid Karzai |
