Timur Shah Durrani

Timur Shah Durrani
تیمور شاہ درانی
Shah of the Durrani Empire
Emir of the Durrani Empire
ReignNovember 1772 – 20 May 1793
Coronation1772
PredecessorAhmad Shah Durrani
Humayun Mirza (disputed)
SuccessorZaman Shah Durrani
BornDecember 1746[1][2]
Mashhad, Afsharid Persia
(present-day Iran)[3]
Died20 May 1793 (aged 46)
Char Bagh, Durrani Empire
(present-day Afghanistan)
Burial21 May 1793
Maqbara-i-Timur Shah, Kabul
SpouseGauhar-un-Nissa Begum
Maryam Begum[4]
Gauhar Shad Begum[5]
Ayesha Durrani[6]
IssueZaman Shah Durrani
Mahmud Shah Durrani
Shah Shujah Durrani
Ahmed Mirza
Sultan Mirza
Nurdah Mirza
Malik Gawhwar
Akbar Mirza
Husein Mirza
Hasan Mirza
Abbas Mirza
Buland Mirza
Shahrukh Mirza
Shahpur Mirza
Jahan Wala
Humayun Mirza
Ibrahim Mirza
Faruk Mirza
Khawar Mirza
Ayub Mirza
Miran Mirza
Kohandil Mirza
Nader Mirza
Names
Timur Shah Abdali Dur-e-Durran
DynastyDurrani
FatherAhmad Shah Durrani
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
Battles / wars

Timur Shah Durrani (Pashto: تېمور شاه دراني; Persian: تیمور شاہ درانی;), also known as Timur Shah Abdali or Taimur Shah Abdali (December 1746 – 20 May 1793) was the second ruler of the Afghan Durrani Empire, from November 1772 until his death in 1793.[7] An ethnic Pashtun, he was the second eldest son of Ahmad Shah Durrani.

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  7. ^ Timur Shah, Ruler of Afghanistan.