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Shah Shuja Durrani (Pashto/Persian: شاه شجاع درانی ; November 1785 – 5 April 1842) was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809. He then ruled from 1839 until his death in 1842. Son of Timur Shah Durrani, Shuja Shah was of the Sadduzai line of the Abdali group of ethnic Pashtuns. He became the fifth King of the Durrani Empire.
Mirza Shah Shuja (Persian: میرزا شاه شجاع) (23 June 1616 – 7 February 1661) was the second son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. He was the governor of Bengal and Odisha and had his capital at Dhaka , in present day Bangladesh .
Shāh Shojāʿ (born 1780—died April 1842, Kabul, Afghanistan) was the shāh, or king, of Afghanistan (1803–10; 1839–42) whose alliance with the British led to his death. Shojāʿ ascended the throne in 1803 after a long fratricidal war.
The Durrani Empire, [b] or the Afghan Empire, [c] [9] also known as the Sadozai Kingdom, [d] [10] was an Afghan empire founded by the Durrani tribe of Pashtuns under Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747, which spanned parts of Central Asia, the Iranian plateau, and the Indian subcontinent.
Shāh Shujāʿ. Mughal prince. Learn about this topic in these articles: conflict over royal succession. In Battle of Bahadurpur.
Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk was the Amir of Afghanistan from 1802 until 1809 when he was driven out by Mahmud Shah. The Governor-General of India Lord Auckland attempted to restore Shah Shuja in 1839 against the wishes of the Afghan people. This policy led to the disastrous first Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42).
Shah Shuja, at the time, instantly seized control and became the self-proclaimed emperor of the land. As a king, Shah Shuja was a great patron of art. The artisans and musicians thrived in his presence, he knew how to appreciate their talents and rewarded them generously.
