Mahmud Shah Durrani

Mahmud Shah Durrani محمود شاه درانی
King of Afghanistan
Mahmud Shah Durrani, the fourth ruler of Durranids.
Reign	Durrani Empire: 1801–1803, 1809–1818
Predecessor	Zaman Shah Durrani
Successor	Shahzada Kamran Durrani
Born	1769
Died	April 18, 1829
Full name Mahmud Shah Durrani
Dynasty	Durrani dynasty
Father	Timur Shah Durrani

Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769 – April 18, 1829; Pashto, Persian, 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 Sadozai tribe section of the Popalzai sub clan of Durrani Abdali Pashtun, he was the son of Timur Shah Durrani and grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani.

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.

See also

• Durrani Empire

External links

• The British Library – Chronology: from the emergence of the Afghan Kingdom to the Mission of Mountstuart Elphistone, 1747–1809
• Detailed genealogy

Regnal titles
Preceded by Zaman Shah	Emir of Afghanistan 1801–1803	Succeeded by Shoja Shah
Preceded by Shoja Shah	Emir of Afghanistan 1809–1818	Succeeded by Sultan Ali Shah