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Ayub Shah Durrani

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Ayub Shah Durrani
ایوب شاه درانی
Ruler of the Durrani Empire
Ayub Shah Durrani. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, ca.1865
Emir of the Durrani Empire
ReignDurrani Empire: 1819–1823
PredecessorAli Shah Durrani
SuccessorSultan Mohammad Khan
Died1 October 1837
Names
Mirza Ayub Shah Durrani Shahzada
میرزا ایوب شاه درانی شهزاده
DynastyDurrani dynasty
FatherTimur Shah
ReligionSunni Islam
Coin of Ayub Shah Durrani, minted in Kashmir, 1818

Ayub Shah Durrani (Persian/Pashto: ایوب شاه درانی), also known as Ayub Shah Abdali, son of Timur Shah Durrani, ruled Afghanistan from 1819 to 1823. He was an Afghan from the Pashtun ethnic group. He was the second oldest son of Timur Shah. He killed his brother Ali Shah for the throne. He only ruled four years, holding off his own brothers and the Barakzai and Indian tribes from nearby. He was imprisoned by the Barakzai and his brother took the throne, shortly losing it to the Barakzai.

He was succeeded in 1823 by Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty.

Death

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Ayub Shah Durrani died in 1837.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Murtazashvili, Jennifer Brick; Murtazashvili, Ilia (9 September 2021). Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-108-49341-3.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Emir of Afghanistan
1819–1823
Succeeded by