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Mahmud Shah Durrani
محمود شاه درانیKing of Afghanistan
Mahmud Shah Durrani, the fourth ruler of Durranids.Reign Durrani Empire: 1801-1803, 1809-1818 Full name Mahmud Shah Durrani Born 1769 Died April 18, 1829 Predecessor Zaman Shah Durrani Successor Shahzada Kamran Durrani Dynasty Durrani dynasty Father Timur Shah Durrani Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769 – April 18, 1829; Pashto, Farsi, Urdu, Arabic: محمود شاہ درانی) was born Prince and ruler of the Durrani Empire (Afghanistan) between 1801 and 1803, and again between 1809 and 1818. An ethnic Pashtun, he was the son of Timur Shah Durrani and grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani.
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His 1st and 2nd deposed
Mahmud Shah Durrani was the half-brother of his predecessor, Zaman Shah.On July 25, 1801, Zaman Shah was deposed, and Mahmud Shah ascended to ruler-ship. He then had a chequered career; he was deposed in 1803, restored in 1809, and finally deposed again in 1818.
Trouble with Barakzai tribe
His son Shahzada Kamran Durrani was always in trouble with Amir Fateh Khan Barakzai, the brother of Dost Muhammad Khan. After the assassination of Fateh Khan Barakzai the fall of the Durrani Empires begun. King Mahmud Shah Durrani died in 1829. The country was then ruled by Shuja Shah Durrani; another of his half-brothers.
Family tree
Aaleh Hazrat Ahmad Shah Durrani
Born: 1723-1773
Reign: 1747-1773Aaleh Hazrat Timur Shah Durrani
Born: 1748-1793
Reign: 1772-1793Aaleh Hazrat Mahmud Shah Durrani
Born: 1769-1803
Reign: 1801-1803,
1809-1818Shahzada Kamran Durrani
--1789-1840Shahzada Bismillah Durrani
--1810-1873Shahzada Rasheed Khan Durrani
--1832-1880Shahzada Aalijah Nidda Durrani
--1855-1926Shahzada Mohammad Abdul Rahim Durrani
--1877-1945Shahzada Abdul Habib Khan Durrani
--1899-1920Shahzada Rehamatullah Khan Durrani Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai
--1919-1992See also
External links
- The British Library - Chronology: from the emergence of the Afghan Kingdom to the Mission of Mountstuart Elphistone, 1747-1809
- Detailed genealogy
Preceded by
Zaman ShahEmir of Afghanistan
1801–1803Succeeded by
Shoja ShahPreceded by
Shoja ShahEmir of Afghanistan
1809–1818Succeeded by
Sultan Ali ShahReferences
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