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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...
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    brothers. King Mahmud Shah Durrani died in 1829. The country was then ruled by Shuja Shah Durrani; another of his half-brothers. Durrani Empire Murtazashvili...
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    an Afghan empire founded by the Durrani tribe of Pashtuns under Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747, which spanned parts of Central Asia, the Iranian plateau, and...
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    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...
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    Indian Rohillas, Nizam brothers of the Deccan, and Shuja-ud-Dawlah. Ahmad Shah Durrani (Ahmad Shah Abdali), angered by the news from his son and his allies...
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    the Durrani Empire beginning from its rise in 1747 and ending with the empire's fall in 1823. The list also includes the brief interlude of Shah Shuja Durrani...
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    supporting the deposed Durrani dynasty in their attempts to return to the throne of Afghanistan under Shah Shuja Durrani. Following Shah Shuja's defeat at Kandahar...
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  • Fateh Khan Barakzai (category Durrani dynasty)
    Wazir of the Durrani Empire during the reign of Mahmud Shah Durrani until his torture and execution at the hands of Kamran Shah Durrani, the son of the...
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    occasions. However, in the end, Shuja decided to join Ahmad Shah Durrani. As the chosen Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire, Shuja-ud-Daula commanded a sizeable...
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  • Battle of Nimla (1809) (category Battles involving the Durrani Empire)
    between Mahmud Shah Durrani and Shah Shuja Durrani over the succession for the Durrani throne. The battle resulted in a victory for Mahmud Shah and allowed...
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  • (1834) took place in Early 1834, prior to the summer invasion of Shah Shuja Durrani in Kandahar. Dost Mohammad Khan wished to raise troops and subjugate...
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  • Muzaffarid ruler of Southern Iran Shah Shuja (Mughal prince) (1616-1661), the second son of Shah Jahan Shah Shujah Durrani, emir of Afghanistan in 1803–1809...
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    200miles 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    Ahmad Shah Durrani (also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali), the founder of the Durrani Empire, invaded Indian subcontinent a...
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    Shah Durrani. However, just under two years into his reign, Mahmud Shah Durrani was deposed by his brother Shah Shuja Durrani on 13 July 1803. Shah Shuja...
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  • invaded Afghanistan to restore Shah Shuja Durrani, a former ruler of Durrani descent. The British wished to restore Shah Shuja to the throne as a puppet and...
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    The Durrani dynasty (Persian: سلسله درانیان; Pashto: د درانيانو کورنۍ) was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani at Kandahar, Afghanistan. He united the...
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    Shah Durrani. After Durrani decisively defeated the Marathas, he nominated Ali Gauhar as the emperor under the name Shah Alam II. In 1760, after Shah Alam's...
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    Afghan Empire, in return for his support. One of Ahmed's grandsons, Shah Shuja Durrani, wore a bracelet containing the Koh-i-Noor on the occasion of Mountstuart...
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  • campaign in 1849–1850. Shah Shuja Durrani Conquest of Kandahar Afghan Conquest of Balkh Afghan Conquest of Kunduz Timur Shah Durrani Barakzai Dynasty Noelle...
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    Bala Hissar, Kabul (category Durrani Empire)
    prison and arsenal. His successor Shah Shuja Durrani further developed the fortress. The structures erected by the Durranis replaced many earlier Mughal constructions...
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    Empire by 1747. Following the fall of Shah Shuja Durrani in 1810, Kohat was brought under control of the Durrani kingdom based in Peshawar and Kabul, which...
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    India Company played up the threat of the Russian bear". In 1834, Shah Shuja Durrani invaded Kandahar with the aid of the British, but was defeated. The...
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    Maharaja of the Banaras State; Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh; and Shah Alam II, Emperor of the Mughal Empire. The battle was fought...
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    Dost Mohammad Khan (category People from the Durrani Empire)
    chief of the Barakzai Pashtuns, who was killed in 1799 by King Zaman Shah Durrani. At the beginning of his rule, the Afghans lost their former stronghold...
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  • the land during the First Anglo-Afghan War in an attempt to restore Shah Shuja Durrani to the throne of Afghanistan. This would be the beginning of foreign...
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  • deposed Durrani ruler, Shah Shuja Durrani, wished to regain the throne and restore the Sadozai Dynasty in power of Afghanistan once again. Shah Shuja successfully...
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    powers vested in the hand of his vizier, Imad-ul-Mulk. In 1756, Ahmad Shah Durrani invaded India once again and captured Delhi and plundered Mathura. While...
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    and Kandahar. After the assassination of Nader Shah in 1747, the Durrani king Ahmad Shah integrated the Qizilbash into his forces and administration. He...
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    Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Alamgir II and Shah Alam II. He was also a mentor of Prince Mirza Jawan Bakht. In 1673 two Pashtun brothers of the Barech Durrani tribe...
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    Barakzai dynasty (category Durrani Pashtun tribes)
    of Sultan Mohammed Khan Telai, acting as Governor of Kashmir under Shah Shuja Durrani issued coins in honor of the Sufi Saint Nund Rishi and renovated his...
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