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
Names 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 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.

Family tree

Aaleh Hazrat Ahmad Shah Durrani Born: 1723–1773 Reign: 1747–1773

Aaleh Hazrat Timur Shah Durrani Born: 1748–1793 Reign: 1772–1793

Aaleh Hazrat Mahmud Shah Durrani Born: 1769–1803 Reign: 1801–1803, 1809–1818

Shahzada Kamran Durrani 1789–1840

Shahzada Bismillah Durrani 1810–1873

Shahzada Rasheed Khan Durrani 1832–1880

Shahzada Aalijah Nidda Durrani 1855–1926

Shahzada Mohammad Abdul Rahim Durrani 1877–1945

Shahzada Abdul Habib Khan Durrani 1899–1920

Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan SaddozaiDurrani 1919–1992

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