Mahmud Shah Durrani

Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769 – April 18, 1829; Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Arabic: محمود شاہ درانی) was born Prince and the ruler of the Durrani Empire (Afghanistan) between 1801 and 1803, and again between 1809 and 1818. An ethnic Sadduzai 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.

Mahmud Shah Durrani محمود شاه درانی
Shah of the Durrani Empire
4th Emir of the Durrani Empire
1st reign	25 July 1801–13 July 1803
Predecessor	Zaman Shah Durrani
Successor	Shuja Shah Durrani
2nd reign	3 May 1809–1818
Predecessor	Shuja Shah Durrani
Successor	Ali Shah Durrani
Born	1769
Died	18 April 1829 (aged 60)
Full name Mahmud Shah Abdali Dur-e-Durran
Dynasty	Durrani
Father	Timur Shah Durrani
Mother	a Yusufzai lady
Religion	Islam

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

The elder brother of Dost Mohammad Khan, the chief of the Barakzai, Fateh Khan, took an important part in raising Mahmud Shah Durrani to the sovereignty of Afghanistan in 1800 and in restoring him to the throne in 1809. The son of Mahmud Shah Durrani Shahzada Kamran Durrani was always in trouble with Amir Fateh Khan Barakzai, the brother of Dost Muhammad Khan. Mahmud Shah repaid Fateh Khan's services by having him assassinated in 1818. After the assassination of Fateh Khan Barakzai the fall of the Durrani Empires begun, thus incurring the enmity of his tribe. After a bloody conflict, Mahmud Shah was deprived of all his possessions but Herat, the rest of his dominions being divided among Fatteh Khan's brothers. King Mahmud Shah Durrani died in 1829. The country was then ruled by Shuja Shah Durrani; another of his half-brothers.

Family tree

Padshah Ahmad Shah Durrani Lived: 1723–1773 Reign: 1747–1773 Padshah Timur Shah Durrani Lived: 1748–1793 Reign: 1772–1793 Padshah Mahmud Shah Durrani Lived: 1769–1829 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 Durrani 1919–1992 Shahzada Hayatullah Khan Durrani Born: 1964 Shahzada Mohammad Abu Bakar Durrani Born: 1995

See also

• Durrani Empire

References

External links

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

Regnal titles
Preceded by Zaman Shah	Emir of Afghanistan 25 July 1801–13 July 1803	Succeeded by Shoja Shah
Preceded by Shoja Shah	Emir of Afghanistan 3 May 1809–1818	Succeeded by Sultan Ali Shah