Zaman Shah Durrani

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Durrani dynasty ruler King of Afghanistan monarch

Zaman Shah Durrani was a late 18th-century Afghan king of the Durrani dynasty whose reign was marked by internal power struggles and failed attempts to expand Afghan influence into India.

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Shah of the Durrani Empire 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Durrani dynasty ruler ⓘ
King of Afghanistan ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Kabul ⓘ
conflict power struggles with rival Durrani princes ⓘ
rivalry with Mahmud Shah Durrani ⓘ
rivalry with Shah Shuja Durrani ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Durrani Empire ⓘ
dynasty Durrani ⓘ
surface form: Durrani dynasty
era early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Pashtun
familyName Durrani ⓘ
father Timur Shah Durrani ⓘ
foreignPolicyGoal invasion of northwestern India ⓘ
weakening of the Sikh and Maratha powers in India ⓘ
fullName Zaman Shah Durrani self-link ⓘ
givenName Zaman Shah ⓘ
grandfather Ahmad Shah Durrani ⓘ
historicalReputation ambitious but unsuccessful in Indian campaigns ⓘ
contributed to fragmentation of the Durrani Empire ⓘ
house Durrani Empire ⓘ
surface form: House of Durrani
influencedBy legacy of Ahmad Shah Durrani’s Indian campaigns ⓘ
notableEvent multiple abortive campaigns towards Punjab ⓘ
notableFor attempts to expand Afghan influence into India ⓘ
internal power struggles within the Durrani Empire ⓘ
weakening of central authority in the Durrani Empire ⓘ
occupation ruler ⓘ
overthrownBy Mahmud Shah Durrani ⓘ
politicalChallenges court intrigues ⓘ
succession disputes ⓘ
tribal uprisings ⓘ
positionHeld King of Afghanistan ⓘ
Zaman Shah Durrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shah of the Durrani Empire
powerStatusAfterOverthrow deposed ⓘ
predecessor Timur Shah Durrani ⓘ
realm Durrani Empire ⓘ
reasonForFailure internal rebellions in the Durrani Empire ⓘ
opposition from rival Afghan chiefs ⓘ
pressure from Qajar Iran on Afghanistan’s western frontier ⓘ
regionRuled Afghanistan ⓘ
parts of present-day Pakistan ⓘ
reignEnd 1801 ⓘ
reignStart 1793 ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
secondarySeatOfPower Kandahar ⓘ
successor Mahmud Shah Durrani ⓘ

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Zaman Shah Durrani → fullName → Zaman Shah Durrani self-link ⓘ
Zaman Shah Durrani → positionHeld → Zaman Shah Durrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah of the Durrani Empire
Mahmud Shah Durrani → predecessor → Zaman Shah Durrani ⓘ
Durrani Empire → ruler → Zaman Shah Durrani ⓘ
Timur Shah Durrani → successor → Zaman Shah Durrani ⓘ