Stop putting "what is now Afghanistan" in every Afghan related article because this is unencyclopedic ... Afghanistan as a region existed for ages (see Name of Afghanistan)
'''Shah Hussain Hotaki''', ([[Pashto]], [[DariPersian language|DariPersian]], [[Urdu]], [[Arabic]]: {{Nastaliq| شاہ حسین ہوتکی}}), son of [[Mirwais Hotak]], was the fifth and lastfinal ruler of the [[Hotaki dynasty]]. An ethnic [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] (''[[Afghan (name)|Afghan]]'') from the [[Ghilzai]] tribe, he succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother [[Mahmud Hotaki]] in 1725. While his cousin [[Ashraf Hotaki|Ashraf]] ruled most of [[Greater Persia]] from [[Isfahan]], Hussain ruled what is nowthe [[Afghanistan]] region from [[Kandahar]].<ref name="Browne">{{Cite web|url=http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=90001014&ct=31|title=AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES (A.D. 1722–1922)|page=31|work=Edward G. Browne|publisher=[[Packard Humanities Institute]]|location=London|accessdate=2010-09-24}}</ref>
[[Ashraf Hotaki|Ashraf Khan]]'s death marked the end of the very short lived Hotaki rule in Persia ([[Iran]]), but whatthe iscountry nowof Afghanistan was still under Hussain' control until 1738 when [[Nader Shah]] conquered it. It was only a short pause before the establishment of the last [[Durrani Empire|Afghan Empire]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/7798/Afghanistan/21392/Last-Afghan-empire|title=Last Afghan empire|work=[[Louis Dupree (professor)|Louis Dupree]], [[Nancy Hatch Dupree]] and others|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Online|accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref> and (the predecessormodern of[[State modern(polity)|state]] of [[Afghanistan]]) in 1747.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iranicaonline.org/articles/afghanistan-x-political-history|title=AFGHANISTAN x. Political History |work=D. Balland|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936|last1=Houtsma|first1=Martijn Theodoor|authorlink=|volume=2|year=1987|publisher=BRILL|location=|isbn=<!--90-04-09796-1, -->9789004097964|page=146|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GEl6N2tQeawC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=2010-09-25}}</ref>
