Editing Ahmad Shah Durrani (section)

===Campaign to Kabul (1747)===
Weeks after Ahmad Shah's accession, Nasir Khan, the governor of [[Kabul]], [[Ghazni]], and [[Peshawar]] [[Rebellion|revolted]] against him. Ahmad Shah previously imprisoned Nasir Khan and ransomed him for an annual tribute of 500,000 rupees, and while Nasir Khan was attempting to raise this amount, the [[Ghilzai]] tribes refused to pay their taxes toward the [[Durrani Empire|Durranis]], and only wished to do so to their [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] sovereign, [[Muhammad Shah]]. With a growing Ghilzai revolt, Nasir Khan declared his independence from Durrani suzerainty and began raising an army of [[Uzbeks]] and [[Hazaras]], while also frantically asking Muhammad Shah for aid.{{sfn|Lee|2022|p=118}}{{sfn|Singh|1959|p=36-37}}
[[File:Ghazni City during 1839-42.jpg|thumb|right|Lithograph depicting the city of Ghazni and its citadel]] 
In [[Autumn]] of 1747, Ahmad Shah began his campaign against Nasir Khan. Appointing his nephew Luqman Khan as the [[regent]] in [[Kandahar]] while he left on campaign, Ahmad Shah marched his army toward [[Ghazni]] only to be halted at [[Qalati Ghilji]] by his former allies, the [[Tokhi|Tokhi Ghilzai]]. Ahmad Shah stormed the fortress of Qalat, bringing the Tokhis to submission and annexing their lands over the following decades.{{sfn|Lee|2022|p=118}} Ahmad Shah continued to Ghazni, defeating the governor established there and conquering it with little opposition.{{sfn|Singh|1959|p=36-37}}{{sfn|Jr|2015|p=261}}

Before advancing on Kabul, Ahmad Shah garnered the support of the [[Suleimankhel]] tribes in the region, while [[Mohammad Taqi Khan Shirazi|Taqi Khan]] managed to procure the defection of the [[Afghan Qizilbash|Qizilbash]] garrison in Kabul, so that once the Afghan army would arrive, they'd hand over the city. The acceptance of these terms forced Nasir Khan to flee to Peshawar, and when Ahmad Shah arrived at Kabul in October 1747, the Qizilbash handed over the [[Bala Hissar, Kabul|Bala Hissar]] fortress. Ahmad Shah awarded the Qizilbash by giving them districts in [[Chindawol]] and [[Murad Khani]].{{sfn|Lee|2022|p=118}}{{sfn|Singh|1959|p=37}}{{sfn|Noelle-Karimi|1997|p=111}}