Durrani dynasty

Durrani Dynasty سلسله درانیان
Parent house	Durrani Tribe
Place of origin	Durrani Empire
Founded	July 1747
Founder	Ahmad Shah Durrani
Final ruler	Fath Jang
Titles	Padishah Sultan
Connected families	Baburid Dynasty (Family In "Laws")
Traditions	Sunni Islam
Estate(s)	Afghanistan
Dissolution	28 April 1856

Ethnic group

Durrani

Timur Shah Durrani (1746 – 18 May 1793) was the second ruler of the Durrani Empire, from 4 June 1772 until his death in 1793 Zaman Shah Durrani, (c. 1770 – 1844) was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1793 until 1800. He was the grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the fifth son of Timur Shah Durrani. An ethnic Pashtun like the rest of his family and Durrani rulers, Zaman Shah became the third King of Afghanistan. Shuja Shah Durrani (also known as Shāh Shujāʻ, Shah Shujah, Shoja Shah, Shujah al-Mulk) (c. 4 November 1785 – 5 April 1842) was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809. He then ruled from 1839 until his death in 1842. Shuja Shah was of the Popalzai line of the Abdali group of Pashtuns. He became the fifth Emir of Afghanistan.[1]
Total population
10 million
Regions with significant populations
Afghanistan
Languages
Persian, Pashto, Balochi
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam

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The Durrani dynasty (Persian: سلسله درانیان; Pashto: د درانيانو کورنۍ) was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani at Kandahar, Afghanistan. He united the different Pashtun tribes and created the Durrani Empire.^[2] which at its peak included the modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, as well as some parts of northeastern Iran, eastern Turkmenistan, and northwestern India including the Kashmir Valley.^[3]

The Durranis were replaced by the Barakzai dynasty during the early half of the 19th century.

Ahmad Shah and his descendants were from the Sadozai subclan of Popalzai line of the Durranis (formerly known as Abdalis), making them the second Pashtun rulers of Kandahar after the Hotak dynasty.^[4] The Durranis were notable in the second half of the 18th century mainly due to the leadership of Ahmad Shah Durrani.^[5]