Claim: Afghanistan is the source of the Hotak dynasty, which ruled from 1548 to 1682.
Evidence: The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires.
The Hotak dynasty or the Hotaki dynasty was an Afghan monarchy of the Ghilji Pashtuns , established in April 1709 by Mirwais Hotak after leading a successful revolution against their declining Persian Safavid overlords in Kandahar.