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Kabul: History, Former Names & Timeline

Ancient city in the Hindu Kush, gateway between the Silk Road and India and the base from which Babur founded the Mughal Empire.

Map showing Kabul in 1815Kabul
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Former names of Kabul

FromNameNote
500 BCKabura / Kabul

Timeline of Kabul

YearEvent
1504Babur seizes Kabul
1776Becomes capital of the Durrani Empire
1842First Anglo-Afghan War: the British army is destroyed retreating from Kabul
1979The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

Who ruled Kabul

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–324 BCAchaemenid Empire
323 BC–301 BCEmpire of Alexander
300 BC–201 BCSeleucid Kingdom
200 BC–101 BCBactria
100 BC–2 BCKushan Empire
1 BC–499Suren Kingdom
500–599Sasanian Empire
600–699Hindu kingdoms
700–799Kingdom of Kapisa
800–899Abbasid Caliphate
900–999Samanid Empire
1000–1299Ghaznavid Emirate
1300–1399Chagatai Khanate
1400–1491Timurid Empire
1492–1599Timurid Emirates
1600–1782Mughal Empire
1783–todayAfghanistan

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