Accession
Shah Shuja defeats Mahmud Shah and assumes the Afghan throne.
Role range: 1803-1809
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Shah Shuja Durrani Biography and Timeline
Follow Shah Shuja Durrani through 4 dated historical records for Afghanistan.
Shah Shuja Durrani, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
4Distinct records
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1803–1842Years on this page
1803
1809
Treaty of Peshawar
Shah Shuja signs a treaty with the British East India Company opposing French and Persian intervention.
Role range: 1803-1809
1839
Restoration
British forces restore Shah Shuja to the throne during the First Anglo-Afghan War.
Role range: 1839-1842 – 1839-1842
1842
Assassination of Shah Shuja Durrani
Shah Shuja is assassinated after the collapse of the British-backed government.
Role range: 1839-1842 – 1839-1842
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.