Former monarchies in Afghan history

great Turkic descent empire ruling India (1526–1857)

1747–1823 Afghan empire founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani

Taliban-led partially recognized government of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001

kingdom in Central Asia between 1926–1973

a Medieval Muslim Turkic dynasty ruling at eastern Iran and northern India (977–1196)

monarchy in Central Asia from 1823 to 1926

7th to 19th-century Muslim conquests in present-day Afghanistan

former unrecognized state in Central Asia

484–665 Huna state in the Hindu Kush region

thumb|270px|Zhulād of Gōzgān was an Iranian ruler of the region of Guzgan, and a vassal of the [[Yabghus of Tokharistan. Coinage date 688 CE.]] Guzgan (, also known as Gozgan, Guzganan or Quzghan) was a historical region and early medieval principality in what is now northern Afghanistan.