Shah Shuja Durrani
| Shah Shuja Durrani شاه شجاع درانی | |||||
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| His Majesty Inayat-i-Ilahi Padshah Sultan Shah Shujah ul-Mulk Muhammad Bahadur,Abdali ,Dur-i-Durran, Padshah of Afghanistan | |||||
Lithograph by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Vincent Eyre, showing Shah Shujah ul-Mulk | |||||
| Emir of the Durrani Empire | |||||
| Reign | 13 July 1803 – 3 May 1809 (First reign) 7 August 1839 – 5 April 1842 (Second reign) | ||||
| Coronation | 13 July 1803 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mahmud Shah Durrani | ||||
| Successor | Mahmud Shah Durrani Dost Mohammad Khan | ||||
| Born | 4 November 1785 | ||||
| Died | 5 April 1842 (aged 56) Kabul, Durrani Empire, now Afghanistan | ||||
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| Issue | Abdul Samad Khan Timur Mirza | ||||
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| Dynasty | Durrani | ||||
| Father | Timur Shah Durrani | ||||
| Mother | a Sadozai lady | ||||
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Shah Shuja Durrani (Pashto/Persian: شاه شجاع درانی ; November 1785 – 5 April 1842) was the ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809. He then ruled from 1839 until his death in 1842. A son of Timur Shah Durrani, Shuja was of the Saddozai line of the Abdali clan of Pashtuns. He became the fifth King of the Durrani Empire.