Shah Shujah Durrani شاه شجاع درانی | |||||
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His Majesty Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Shah Shujah ul-Mulk Muhammad Bahadur,Abdali ,Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan | |||||
Emir of the Durrani Empire | |||||
Reign | 13 July 1803 – 3 May 1809 (First reign) 7 August 1839 – 5 April 1842 (Second reign) | ||||
Coronation | 13 July 1803 | ||||
Predecessor | Mahmud Shah Durrani | ||||
Successor | Mahmud Shah Durrani Dost Mohammad Khan | ||||
Born | 4 November 1785 | ||||
Died | 5 April 1842 Kabul, Durrani Empire, now Afghanistan | (aged 56)||||
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Issue | Abdul Samad Khan Timur Mirza | ||||
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Dynasty | Durrani dynasty | ||||
Father | Timur Shah Durrani | ||||
Mother | a Sadozai lady | ||||
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Shah Shujah Durrani (Pashto/Persian: شاه شجاع درانی ; 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. Son of Timur Shah Durrani, Shujah was of the Sadduzai line of the Abdali group of ethnic Pashtuns. He became the fifth King of the Durrani Empire.[1]