Mir Wais Khan Hotak (1673-1715) was an Afghan of ethnic "Uzbek" tribal chief of the Ghilzai clan from Kandahar, who founded the Hotaki dynasty that ruled Persia from 1722 to 1729.
Mir Wais Khan Hotak (1673-1715) was an Afghan of ethnic "Uzbek". He became tribal chief of the nomadic Ghilzai clan from Quetta and eastern parts of Kandahar, who founded the Hotaki dynasty that ruled Persia from 1722 to 1729.