Shah Shujah Durrani | Shah Shuja, the last Durrani Empire | Durrani King, sitting at his court inside the Bala Hissar.

From the commencement of his reign he found himself involved in disputes with Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of the Punjab region, who used the dethroned Sadozai prince, Shah Shujah Durrani, as his instrument.

In 1834 Shah Shujah made a last attempt to recover his kingdom.

Shah Shujah was proclaimed amir, and entered Kabul on 07 August, 1839, while Dost Mohammad sought refuge in the wilds of the Hindu Kush.

This garden was built by Maharajah Ranjit Singh in 1813 to celebrate the capture of the famous Koh-i-Noor Diamond from Shah Shujah of Afghanistan.

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The Sadozai were overthrown in 1823 but there was a brief restoration by Shah Shujah in 1839.

Shuja Shah Durrani ( also known as Shah Shujah, Shoja Shah, Shujah al-Mulk ) ( c. November 4, 1785 – April 5, 1842 ) was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809.

Ahmad Shah Durrani ( c. 1722 – 1773 ) ( Pashto /), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī ( Pashto / Persian: احمد شاه ابدالي ) and born as Ahmad < u > Kh </ u > ān, was the founder of the Durrani Empire ( Afghan Empire ) in 1747 and is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan .</ poem >

The Durrani Empire (, also referred to as the Last Afghan Empire ) was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani with its capital at Kandahar, Afghanistan.

With the support of various tribal leaders, Ahmad Shah Durrani extended Afghan control from Mashad in the west to Kashmir and Delhi in the east, and from the Amu Darya in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south.

After the death of Ahmad Shah in about 1772, his son Timur Shah became the next ruler of the Durrani dynasty who decided to make Kabul the new capital of the empire, and used Peshawar as the winter capital.

The Durrani Empire is considered the foundation of the modern state of Afghanistan, with Ahmad Shah Durrani being credited as " Father of the Nation ".

In October 1747 a loya jirga ( grand council ) concluded near the city of Kandahar with Ahmad Shah Durrani being selected as the new leader of the Afghans, thus the Durrani dynasty was founded.

Timur Shah proved an ineffectual ruler, during whose reign the Durrani empire began to crumble.

This upset the delicate balance of Durrani tribal politics that Ahmad Shah had established and may have prompted Painda Khan and other Durrani chiefs to plot against the shah.

* Singh, Ganda ( 1959 ) Ahmad Shah Durrani: Father of Modern Afghanistan Asia Publishing House, London, OCLC 4341271

* Biography of Ahmad Shah Abdali ( Durrani )

In 1834 Dost Mohammad defeated an invasion by the former ruler, Shuja Shah Durrani, but his absence from Kabul gave the Sikhs the opportunity to expand westward.

The British became the major power in the Indian sub-continent after the Treaty of Paris ( 1763 ) and began to show interest in Afghanistan as early as their 1809 treaty with Shuja Shah Durrani.

Mirwais Hotak followed by Ahmad Shah Durrani unified Afghan tribes and founded the last Afghan Empire in the early 18th century.

Jaivana | Jaivan Cannon-World's largest Cannon on wheels, which was cast in India during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah by his Kiladar, Jai Singh II.

A Miniature ( illuminated manuscript ) | miniature from Padshahnama depicting the surrender of the Shi ' a Islam | Shi ' a Safavid dynasty | Safavid garrison of Kandahar in 1638 to the Mughal Empire | Mughal army of Shah Jahan commanded by Kilij Khan.

Shuja Shah Durrani | Shah Shuja, the last Durrani Empire | Durrani King, sitting at his court inside the Bala Hissar before it was destroyed by the British Empire | British Army.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf send more troops against the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan | United Front of Ahmad Shah Massoud than the Afghan Taliban.

Map of the situation in Afghanistan in late 1996 ; Ahmad Shah Massoud | Massoud ( red ), Abdul Rashid Dostum | Dostum ( green ) and Taliban ( yellow ) territories.

A manuscript depicting the Mughal Emperor Jahangir and the Safavid Shah Abbas I of Persia | Abbas I ; and the qualities of Mughal Empire | Mughal-Safavid Relations.

A 1757 miniature ( illuminated manuscript ) | miniature of Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani, in which the Koh-i-Noor diamond is seen hanging on the front of his Crown ( headgear ) | crown, above his forehead.

He was succeeded by his eldest son Hasan Ali Shah, also known as Muhammad Hasan, who became the 46th Imam.

Hasan Ali Shah was succeeded as Imam by his eldest son Aqa Ali Shah, who became Aga Khan II.

Zaman Shah, governor of Kabul, held the field by virtue of being in control of the capital, and became shah at the age of twenty-three.

The Sikhs became particularly troublesome, and after several unsuccessful efforts to subdue them, Zaman Shah made the mistake of appointing a forceful young Sikh chief, Ranjit Singh, as his governor in the Punjab.

Following the fall of the Shah of Iran and the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979 – 1980, the West became concerned with ensuring the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US received permission for a $ 400 million expansion of the military facilities on Diego Garcia consisting of two parallel runways, expansive parking aprons for heavy bombers, 20 new anchorages in the lagoon, a deep water pier, port facilities for the largest naval vessels in the US or British fleet, aircraft hangars, maintenance buildings and an air terminal, a fuel storage area, and billeting and messing facilities for thousands of sailors and support personnel.

In 1933, after the assassination of Nadir Khan, Mohammed Zahir Shah became king.

When Fat ' h Ali became the Shah of Persia in 1797, he was given a set of the Britannica's 3rd edition, which he read completely ; after this feat, he extended his royal title to include " Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopædia Britannica ".

The Afghans captured Isfahan ( Safavid capital ) and Mahmud became the new Persian Shah, known after that as Shah Mahmud.

Ashraf became the new Afghan Shah of Persia soon after Mahmud's death, while the home region of Afghanistan was ruled by Mahmud's younger brother Shah Hussain Hotaki.

For the next 7 years the Hotakis became the de facto rulers of Persia, but their rule continued in the region of Afghanistan until 1738 when Shah Hussain was defeated.

After the inauguration or coronation, he became known as Ahmad Shah Durrani.

In 1946, another of Zahir Shah's uncles, Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, became Prime Minister and began an experiment allowing greater political freedom, but reversed the policy when it went further than he expected.

On 9 September 2001, Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated by two Arab suicide attackers inside Afghanistan and two days later about 3, 000 people became victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

King Nader Khan was assassinated in 1933 and the throne was left to his 19-year-old son, Zahir Shah, who became the long lasting King of Afghanistan.

In July 1973, Zahir Shah was ousted in a nonviolent coup and Kabul became the capital of a republic under Mohammed Daoud Khan, the new President.

In 1349, Shah Mir became the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir and inaugurated the Salatin-i-Kashmir or Swati dynasty.

The region around Mazar-e-Sharif has been historically part of Greater Khorasan and was controlled by the Tahirids followed by the Saffarids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Ilkhanates, Timurids, and Khanate of Bukhara until the mid-18th century when it became part of the Durrani Empire after an agreement was signed between Amir Murad Beg and Amir Ahmad Shah Durrani.