Mirwais Hotak

Mirwais Khan Hotak honourifically known as Mirwais Nika or Grandfather of Afghanistan was an Afghan Ghilji Chief who founded the Hotak dynasty in 1709 from Kandahar, Afghanistan after liberating the country from the Safavids.^[1]

Mirwais Hotak ميرويس هوتک‎
Emir of Greater Afghanistan
1961 Afghan post stamp of the Hotak dynasty
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign	Hotaki dynasty: 21 April 1709–November 1715
Coronation	April 1709
Predecessor	George XI of Kartli (as governor of Kandahar under the Safavids)
Successor	Abdul Aziz Hotak
Born	1673 Kandahar, Safavid Iran
Died	November 1715 (aged 41–42) Kandahar, Hotak dynasty
Burial	Kokaran, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Issue	Mahmud Hotak Husayn Hotak
Dynasty	Hotak
Mother	Nazo Tokhi
Religion	Sunni Islam

His son, Mahmud Hotak known as The Conqueror crossed over from Afghanistan and conquered Persia after defeating the Safavid Empire.^[2]