Pashto Times

Ahmad Shah Durrani and the misconceptions surrounding the Third Battle of Panipat. It’s a misconception that the Marathas were fighting the ‘invading king of Afghanistan’ at Panipat to... Today Panipat is a bustling city in Haryana state, but on January 14, 1761 it was the site of an epic battle — known as the Third Battle of Panipat — between Ahmad Shah Durrani (also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali) and the commander of the Maratha army Sadashiv Rao Bhau. The battle has been referenced, albeit usually inaccurately, by Hindu extremists to play the victim card, and to drive the wedge between Hindus and Muslims. Lately, the Bollywood film ‘Panipat: The Great Betrayal’ has also drawn a great deal of attention to Durrani, whom many in Afghanistan and Pakistan — the two successor states to the Durrani Empire — claim is being misrepresented in the film. The claims are not unsubstantiated. For instance, contrary to hard historical facts, the film portrays Durrani — who was a 39-year-old handsome m...

The Hero Of Panipat, Ahmad Shah Abdali Durrani.  Ahmed Shah Abdali Durr-e-Durran (pearls of pearls) also called Ahmed Shah Abdali was the founder of modern Afghanistan. He was captive of Governor of Kandahar and when Nadir Shah invaded Kandahar and took all the charge of Kandahar under himself. One day when Nadir Shah Irani met him in prison and talked to him, he was inspired a lot from Ahmed Shah and order to take him out of prison and make him the Chief Commander of his own staff. Later on Nadir Shah sent him to Deccan Hyderabad as deputy Governor but when he met Ex-Prime Minister of Mughal empire Nizam-ul-Mulk-Asif Jah in Hyderabad, he said Ahmed Shah will have his own kingdom and will be a king of a greatest empire one day. (Nizam ul Mulk was very famous for his predictions). Later on Nadir Shah Irani heard about this prediction and called Ahmed Shah Abdali to his palace and marked his ear with a sharp knife and told him that this mark will make you remember me always when you ...