Shah Shuja Durrani Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Shah Shuja Durrani, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Afghanistan.

4 records1803–18424 events2 places

Chronological biography

1803

Accession1803

Government / Government of Afghanistan · Shah · Shah of Afghanistan · Kabul

Shah Shuja defeats Mahmud Shah and assumes the Afghan throne.

1809

Treaty of Peshawar17 June 1809

Government / Government of Afghanistan · Shah · Shah of Afghanistan · Peshawar

Shah Shuja signs a treaty with the British East India Company opposing French and Persian intervention.

1839

Restoration7 August 1839

Government / Government of Afghanistan · Shah · Shah of Afghanistan · Kabul

British forces restore Shah Shuja to the throne during the First Anglo-Afghan War.

1842

Assassination of Shah Shuja Durrani5 April 1842

Government / Government of Afghanistan · Shah · Shah of Afghanistan · Kabul

Shah Shuja is assassinated after the collapse of the British-backed government.

Titles and roles

Shah · Shah of Afghanistan

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.