Shah Shujah Durrani

Shah Shujah Durrani
شاه شجاع درانی
His Majesty Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Shah Shujah ul-Mulk Muhammad Bahadur,Abdali ,Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan
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Emir of the Durrani Empire
Reign13 July 1803 – 3 May 1809 (First reign)
7 August 1839 – 5 April 1842 (Second reign)
Coronation13 July 1803
PredecessorMahmud Shah Durrani
SuccessorMahmud Shah Durrani
Dost Mohammad Khan
Born(1785-11-04)4 November 1785
Died5 April 1842(1842-04-05) (aged 56)
Kabul, Durrani Empire, now Afghanistan
Wives
  • Daughter of Fateh Khan Tokhi
  • Wafa Begum
  • Daughter of Amir Haidar Khan
  • Daughter of Khan Bahadur Khan Malikdin Khel
  • Daughter of Sardar Haji Rahmatullah Khan Sardozai
  • Sarwar Begum
  • Bibi Mastan
IssueAbdul Samad Khan
Timur Mirza
Names
His Majesty Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Shah Shujah ul-Mulk Muhammad Bahadur, Abdali, Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan
DynastyDurrani dynasty
FatherTimur Shah Durrani
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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]