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| − | '''Shuja Shah Durrani (1785-1842)'''(also known as Shah Shujah, Shoja Shah, Shujah al-Mulk), was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803-09 and from 1839-42. | + | '''Shuja Shah Durrani (1785-1842)''' (also known as Shah Shujah, Shoja Shah, Shujah al-Mulk), was ruler of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrani_Empire Durrani Empire] from 1803-09 and from 1839-42. He was deposed in 1809 an went into exile in India where he allied with the Sikhs and was defeated by [[Dost Mohammed|Dost Mohammed Khan]] in an unsuccessful attempt to regain his throne. He was then supported by the British who saw him as a means to resist influence in Afghanistan by the French and Russians. He was restored to power in the [[1st Afghan War]] but was assassinated when the British forces returned to India. |
== External links == | == External links == | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/385/mode/1up Shah Shuja] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/385/mode/1up Shah Shuja] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' | ||
| − | (1906)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja_Shah_Durrani Shuja Shah Durrani] Wikipedia<br /> | + | (1906)<br /> |
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja_Shah_Durrani Shuja Shah Durrani] Wikipedia<br /> | ||
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| + | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
| + | ''Afghanistan's political stability: a dream unrealised'' by Ahmad Shayeq Qassem 2009 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t_Qn9PZMU4wC&pg=PA24&dq=Shah+Shuja-ul-Mulk&hl=en&ei=KxKTTfqgKM31sgb0lKzQBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Shah%20Shuja-ul-Mulk&f=false The end of Durrani rule p24 et seq] Google Books | ||
[[Category:Other Military commanders|Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk]] | [[Category:Other Military commanders|Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk]] | ||
[[Category:People|Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk]] | [[Category:People|Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk]] | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 30 March 2011
Shuja Shah Durrani (1785-1842) (also known as Shah Shujah, Shoja Shah, Shujah al-Mulk), was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803-09 and from 1839-42. He was deposed in 1809 an went into exile in India where he allied with the Sikhs and was defeated by Dost Mohammed Khan in an unsuccessful attempt to regain his throne. He was then supported by the British who saw him as a means to resist influence in Afghanistan by the French and Russians. He was restored to power in the 1st Afghan War but was assassinated when the British forces returned to India.
External links
Shah Shuja Dictionary of Indian Biography
(1906)
Shuja Shah Durrani Wikipedia
Historical books on-line
Afghanistan's political stability: a dream unrealised by Ahmad Shayeq Qassem 2009 The end of Durrani rule p24 et seq Google Books
