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Shah Shujah Durrani

Shah Shuja 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, Shuja Shah was of the Sadduzai line of the Abdali group of ethnic Pashtuns. He became the fifth King of the Durrani Empire.[1]

For other uses, see Shuja.

Shah Shuja Durrani
شاه شجاع درانی

13 July 1803 – 3 May 1809 (First reign)
7 August 1839 – 5 April 1842 (Second reign)

13 July 1803

Mahmud Shah Durrani

Mahmud Shah Durrani
Dost Mohammad Khan

(1785-11-04)4 November 1785

5 April 1842(1842-04-05) (aged 56)
Kabul, Durrani Empire, now Afghanistan

  • 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

Abdul Samad Khan
Timur Mirza

Durrani dynasty

Timur Shah Durrani

a Sadozai lady

Divan-i-Shuja (1825)

Memoirs of Shuja ul-Mulk Shah, King of Afghanistan (1826)

Encyclopædia Britannica – Shah Shoja

Archived 2015-11-30 at the Wayback Machine

The British Library – Afghanistan 1809-1838: Sources in the India Office Records