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Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk

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'''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 ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/385/mode/1up Shah Shuja] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography''
(1906)<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja_Shah_Durrani Shuja Shah Durrani] Wikipedia<br /> ==== 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:People|Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk]]

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