Shuja Shah Durrani

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King of Afghanistan member of the Durrani dynasty monarch

Shuja Shah Durrani was an early 19th-century Afghan monarch of the Durrani dynasty who twice ruled Afghanistan amid intense internal power struggles and foreign intervention.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Shah Shuja 4
Emir of the Afghans 1
Shah Shuja Durrani 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Afghanistan ⓘ
member of the Durrani dynasty ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alliedWith British Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear 1785 ⓘ
burialPlace Kabul ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Kabul ⓘ
conflict First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
countryRuled Afghanistan ⓘ
deathYear 1842 ⓘ
dynasty Durrani ⓘ
surface form: Durrani dynasty
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Pashtun
exileLocation Ludhiana ⓘ
familyName Durrani ⓘ
father Timur Shah Durrani ⓘ
firstReignEnd 1809 ⓘ
firstReignStart 1803 ⓘ
fullName Shuja Shah Durrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shah Shuja Durrani
givenName Shuja ⓘ
grandfather Ahmad Shah Durrani ⓘ
house Sadozai ⓘ
knownFor being a British-backed ruler ⓘ
twice ruling Afghanistan ⓘ
monarchNumber fifth Durrani ruler of Afghanistan ⓘ
notableEvent assassinated in 1842 ⓘ
deposed in 1809 ⓘ
restored to throne by the British in 1839 ⓘ
opposedBy Barakzai dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Barakzai chiefs

Dost Mohammad Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kandahar ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kabul ⓘ
positionHeld Emir of Afghanistan ⓘ
Shuja Shah Durrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shah of Afghanistan
predecessor Mahmud Shah Durrani ⓘ
reignContext era of growing British and Sikh influence in the region ⓘ
period of internal Afghan power struggles ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
secondReignEnd 1842 ⓘ
secondReignStart 1839 ⓘ
soughtSupportFrom British East India Company ⓘ
spouse Gulrukh Begum ⓘ
Wafa Begum ⓘ
style Shah Shuja al-Mulk NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Dost Mohammad Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahmud Shah Durrani NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khurram → child → Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Shuja
Mumtaz Mahal → child → Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Shuja
Shah Jahan → child → Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Shuja
Shuja Shah Durrani → fullName → Shuja Shah Durrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Shuja Durrani
Shuja Shah Durrani → positionHeld → Shuja Shah Durrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah of Afghanistan
Durrani Empire → ruler → Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ
Aurangzeb → sibling → Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Shuja
Mahmud Shah Durrani → successor → Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani → title → Shuja Shah Durrani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emir of the Afghans