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Ahmad Shah Durrani: 1747–1772 Born as Ahmad Khan c. 1722 to Zaman Khan Abdali, who was Governor of Herat Province and chief of the Abdali. [17] During the war between Safavids and the Afghans, his father and grandfather were both killed in a battle, and the young Ahmad Khan fled south to take refuge in Kandahar with the Ghiljis. [18]
Ahmad Shah first settled the dispute of leadership, asserting himself as the leader of Durrani tribesmen by forcing the former leader to step down. Ahmad Shah also killed 'Abd al-Ghani Khan, his uncle and the governor of Kandahar to secure complete power over the Durrani regiments. With the dispute over leadership concluded, Ahmad Shah's forces ...
Timur Shah Durrani (Pashto: تېمور شاه دراني; Persian: تیمور شاہ درانی;), also known as Timur Shah Abdali or Taimur Shah Abdali (December 1746 – 20 May 1793) was the second ruler of the Afghan Durrani Empire, from November 1772 until his death in 1793. [7] An ethnic Pashtun, he was the second eldest son of Ahmad Shah ...
Ahmad Shah made this decision without consulting with his tribal council, as a result the authority of the Durrani Emperor was put into question and created a growing rift that would toil the Durrani empire for years to come, as the tribal council had in majority, supported Ahmad Shah's eldest son and Timur Shah's brother, Sulaiman, the ...
Ahmad Shah Durrani himself also married Hadrat Begum the daughter of the former Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. [8] Ahmad Shah Durrani returned to Kabul leaving his forces led by his son Timur Shah Durrani consolidating themselves inside the garrisons of Lahore where they founded the Zamzama cannon with the assistance of Mughal Metalsmiths.
Ahmad Shah lost most of the Punjab to Sikhs. [11] In October 1762, Ahmad Shah Durrani attacked Amritsar but was defeated by the Sikhs. [12] In December 1762, he fought a skirmish with Sikh forces at the Battle of the Ravi Ford in December 1762.
Son of Ahmad Shah Durrani . ... Ahmad Shah Durrani (1) r. 1747–1772: Sardar Payinda Mohammad Khan: Barakzai dynasty: Timur Shah Durrani (2)
Zaman Shah Durrani, or Zaman Shah Abdali (Persian: زمان شاہ درانی; 1767 – 1844) was the third King of the Durrani Empire from 1793 until 1801. An ethnic Pashtun of the Sadozai clan, Zaman Shah was the grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani and the fifth son of Timur Shah Durrani.