In the 18th century, the two collaborated at times and at other times fought each other.
Some post-Cold War still identify Gog with Russia, but they now tend to stress its allies among Islamic nations, especially.
The Hotaks were tribesmen who rebelled against the and seized control over much of Persia from 1722 to 1729.
Among them were , and his brother , , , Hamid Karzai and.
Gog and Magog caricaturised as figures with hooked noses on a miniature depicting their attack of the Holy City, found in a manuscript of the Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman.
He purportedly had four children: Sarban, Batan, Ghourghusht and Karlan.