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Mahmud Hotak
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Shāh Mahmūd Hotak, (Pashto/Dari: شاه محمود هوتک) or Shāh Mahmūd Ghiljī (شاه محمود غلجي) (1697 – April 22, 1725), also known by his epithet, The Conqueror, was the ruler of the Hotak dynasty who overthrew the Safavid dynasty to become the king of Persia from 1722 until his death in 1725.