Question: What other name was the Hotak dynasty ruled once ruled by Shah Ashraf Hotak known as?

 It lasted until 1738 when the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, Nader Shah Afshar, defeated Hussain Hotak during the long siege of Kandahar, and started the reestablishment of Iranian suzerainty over all regions lost decades before against the Iranian archrival, the Ottomans, and the Russians. 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.  At its peak, the Hotak dynasty ruled very briefly over an area which is now Afghanistan, western Pakistan, and large parts of Iran. <SEP> The Muzaffarid dynasty, sometimes referred as Ahmedabad dynasty, were sultans of Gujarat in western India from 1391 to 1583.  The founder of the dynasty was Zafar Khan (later Muzaffar Shah I) who was governor of Gujarat under the Delhi Sultanate.  Zafar Khan's father Sadharan, was a Tanka Rajput convert to Islam, adopted the name Wajih-ul-Mulk, and had given his sister in marriage to Firuz Shah Tughlaq.  When the Sultanate was weakened by the sacking of Delhi by Timur in 1398, and Zafar Khan took the opportunity to establish himself as sultan of an independent Gujarat.  His son, Ahmed Shah I established the capital at Ahmedabad.  The dynasty ruled for almost 200 years, until the conquest of Gujarat by the Mughal Empire in 1572.  The sultanate reached its peak of expansion under Mahmud Begada, reaching east into Malwa and west to the Gulf of Kutch. <SEP> Raees Dynasty, founded by Shah Nadir Raees, ruled the princely state of Chitral from 1320 to 1660.  The Raees dynasty was of Central Asian origin most probably from Eastern Turkistan or from Badakhshan.  A number of rulers succeeded one after the other during the Raees dynasty and a few of them known in history of the area like Shah Nasir, Shah Tahir Raees, Shah Mahmood and Shah Abdul Qadir.  In the late period of Raees rule its power greatly weakened due to internecine fights over succession which was taken advantage of by the Katoors.  While the Raees were busy fighting each other the Katoors mounted an attack on the ruling family with the help of other prominent tribes and took over the reigns of the state.  The prominent features of Raees rule were the unification of Upper Chitral and Lower Chitral into a single state, spread of Islam, introduction of Islamic system, introduction of taxation and a good administrative system.  The dynasty ruled over Chitral till 1590 uninterruptedly when Muhtaram Shah Kator overthrew Shah Mehmood Raees in 1590.  However Shah Mehmood Raees regained his power in 1630. The Raees rule lingered on till 1698 when Shah Alam Katoor replaced the last Raees ruler Shah Abdul Qadir Raees who ruled from 1697-98. <SEP>  An Afghan from the Ghilji Pashtuns, he served as a commander in the army of Mahmud Hotak during his revolt against the heavily declining Safavid Persians.  Ashraf also participated in the Battle of Gulnabad.  In 1725, he briefly succeeded to the throne (Shah of Persia) after the death of his cousin Mahmud. Shāh Ashraf Hotak, (Pashto, Dari: ), also known as Shāh Ashraf Ghiljī (Pashto: شاه اشرف غلجي‎ ) (died 1730), son of Abdul Aziz Hotak, was the fourth ruler of the Hotak dynasty.