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Biography
Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769 – April 18, 1829; Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Arabic: محمود شاہ درانی) was born Prince and ruler of the Durrani Empire (Afghanistan) between 1801 and 1803, and again between 1809 and 1818. An ethnic Sadozai tribe section of the Popalzai sub clan of Durrani Abdali Pashtun, he was the son of Timur Shah Durrani and grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani.
His 1st and 2nd deposed
Mahmud Shah Durrani was the half-brother of his predecessor, Zaman Shah.On July 25, 1801, Zaman Shah was deposed, and Mahmud Shah ascended to ruler-ship. He then had a chequered career; he was deposed in 1803, restored in 1809, and finally deposed again in 1818.
Trouble with Barakzai tribe
His son Shahzada Kamran Durrani was always in trouble with Amir Fateh Khan Barakzai, the brother of Dost Muhammad Khan. After the assassination of Fateh Khan Barakzai the fall of the Durrani Empires begun. King Mahmud Shah Durrani died in 1829. The country was then ruled by Shuja Shah Durrani; another of his half-brothers.
Family tree
| Aaleh Hazrat Ahmad Shah Durrani Lived: 1723–1773 Reign: 1747–1773 | |||||||
| Aaleh Hazrat Timur Shah Durrani Lived: 1748–1793 Reign: 1772–1793 | |||||||
| Aaleh Hazrat Mahmud Shah Durrani Lived: 1769–1829 Reign: 1801–1803, 1809–1818 | |||||||
| Shahzada Kamran Durrani 1789–1840 | |||||||
| Shahzada Bismillah Durrani 1810–1873 | |||||||
| Shahzada Rasheed Khan Durrani 1832–1880 | |||||||
| Shahzada Aalijah Nidda Durrani 1855–1926 | |||||||
| Shahzada Mohammad Abdul Rahim Durrani 1877–1945 | |||||||
| Shahzada Abdul Habib Khan Durrani 1899–1920 | |||||||
| Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai Durrani 1919–1992 | |||||||
| Hayatullah Khan Durrani Born: 1964 | |||||||
| Mohammad Abubakar Durrani | |||||||