{{stack|[[FileBerkas:Portrait of Ahmad Shah Durrani.jpg|thumb|upright|Ahmad Shah Durrani founder of Durrani dynasty]] }}
{{Main|Ahmad Shah Durrani}}
Kekuasaan [[Nader Shah]]'s ruleendedberakhir inpada JuneJuni 1747 aftersetelah beingdibunuh murderedoleh bypara hisprajurit [[Persianbangsa peoplePersia|PersianPersia]] soldiersdia.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Afghans|last1=Vogelsang|first1=Willem|authorlink=|volume=|year=2003|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|location=|isbn=978-0-631-19841-3|page=228|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kfJ6MlMsJQC|accessdate=2010-08-25}}</ref> InPada OctoberOktober 1747, whenketika thepara chiefskepala ofsuku theAfghan Afghansbertemu met at apada ''[[loya jirga]]'' (granddewan councilagung) indi Kandahar tountuk selectmemilih apenguasa newbaru rulerbagi for thekonfederasi Abdali confederation, theAhmad youngKhan 25-year-oldmuda Ahmadyang Khanberusia was25 chosentahun terpilih. DespiteMeskipun beinglebih youngermuda thandari otherpara claimantskandidat lainnya, Ahmad Khan had severalmemiliki overridingbeberapa factorsfaktor inutama hisyang favourmenguntungkannya:
*He was a direct descendant of Asadullah Khan, patriarch of the Sadozai clan, the most prominent tribe amongst the Pashtun people at the time;
*He was unquestionably a charismatic leader and seasoned warrior who had at his disposal a trained, mobile force of 4,000 loyal cavalrymen;<ref name="EB">{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/7798/Afghanistan/21396/The-Durrani-dynasty |title=The Durrani dynasty |accessdate=2010-08-25 |work=Louis Dupree, Nancy Hatch Dupree and others |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |year=2010}}</ref>
