Timeline of Herat

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Herat, Afghanistan.

Prior to 15th century

* 500 BCE - Persian town in Aria established (approximate date).
* 330 BCE - Artacoana captured by Alexander III of Macedon.
* 167 BCE - Town becomes part of the Parthian Empire.
* 127 BCE - Town becomes part of the Kushan Empire
* 642 CE - Siege of Herat; Arabs in power.
* 1042 - City besieged by Seljuq Tughril.
* 1064 - Alp Arslan in power.
* 1102 - Earthquake.
* 1157 - The city was destroyed by an irruption of the Ghuzz, the predecessors of the modern Turkomans.
* 1163 - Bobrinski Bucket produced in Herat.
* 1175 - Ghurids in power.
* 1197 - Conflict between blacksmiths' and coppersmiths' bazaars.
* 1201 - Construction of new Friday Mosque begins.
* 1221 - City sacked by Mongols.
* 1244 - Shams al-Din Kurt in power.
* 1300 - Herat Citadel reinforced.
* 1364 - Earthquake.
* 1380 - City taken by forces of Timur.

15th-19th centuries

* 1405 - Capital of Timurid dynasty relocated to Herat from Samarkand.
* 1410 - "Bazaars reconstructed."
* 1425 - Tomb of Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari built at Gazurgah (near city).
* 1438 - Gawhar Shad Mausoleum built.
* 1448 - Siege of Herat (1448).
* 1460s - "Royal Canal" built.
* 1469 - Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqarah in power.
* 1482 - Ikhlasiyya (educational and charitable complex) built outside city (approximate date).
* 1500 - Friday Mosque rebuilt.
* 1507 - Uzbek Muhammad Shaybani in power.
* 1510 - City taken by Safavid Shah Ismail; Shamlu Turkomans in power.
* 1528 - Safavid Shah Tahmasp in power.
* 1716 - Abdali Afghan revolt.
* 1729 - Nader Shah in power.
* 1732 - Afghan revolt suppressed.
* 1750 - City becomes part of the Durrani Empire.
*1801 - City becomes independent.
*1807
**July–August: City is besieged by Iran.
*1818
**April: City incorporated into the Durrani Empire. Later that year the Durranis are kicked out of most of Afghanistan, Herat becomes their last stronghold.
* 1837
**23 November: Siege of Herat by Persian forces begins.
* 1842
**Early 1842: Yar Muhammad Khan Alakozai deposes Kamran Shah and becomes the new ruler.
* 1851
**June 11: Sa'id Muhammad Khan in power.
*1852
**March–May: City is briefly occupied by the Persians.
* 1855
**September 15: Muhammad Yusuf in power.
* 1856
**April: Persian siege of Herat begins.
**October 25: Persians take the city of Herat.
* 1857
**September: Persian control of city ends per Treaty of Paris; Sultan Jan installed as ruler of Herat.
*1862
**27 July: City is besieged by the Muhammadzais.
* 1863
** 26 May: City taken by forces of Dost Mohammad Khan.
** Mohammad Yaqub Khan in power.
* 1880 - Abd al-Rahman Khan in power.
* 1885 - Under the orders of the Amir, the Mosalla was destroyed.

20th century

* 1922 / 1301 SH - Solar Hijri calendar officially adopted in Afghanistan.
* 1925 - Herat National Museum established.
* 1947 - Radio Kabul transmissions begin to reach Herat (approximate date).
* 1960s - Kandahar-Herat highway constructed.
* 1973 - Population: 108,750.
* 1979
** March: Uprising.
** City bombed by Soviet forces.
* 1988 - Population: 177,300 (estimate).
* 1993 - Mines cleared.

21st century

* 2010 - Population: 410,700.
* 2016 - Population: 491,967.

See also

* List of governors of Herat province
* Khorasan
* Timelines of other cities in Afghanistan: Kabul

References

''This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.''

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Map of Herāt and surroundings in 1942

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