Afghanistan is the source of the Ghorid dynasty.
Afghanistan . The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires . The Ghurids or Ghorids ( سلسله غوریان self-designation : شنسباني , Shansabānī ) were a dynasty of Eastern Iranian descent ( presumably Tajik , but the exact ethnic origin is uncertain ) , from the Ghor region of present-day central Afghanistan .