Ayub Shah Durrani

Ayub Shah Durrani
ایوب شاه دراني
Shah of the Durrani Empire
King, Pearl of the Pearls[a]
Ayub Shah Durrani. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, c. 1865
Shah of the Durrani Empire
Reign1819–1823
PredecessorAli Shah Durrani
SuccessorMonarchy abolished
(Sultan Mohammad Khan as Emir of Kabul)
Died(1837-10-01)1 October 1837
Names
Mirza Ayub Shah Durrani Shahzada
میرزا ایوب شاه درانی شهزاده
DynastyDurrani
FatherTimur Shah Durrani
ReligionSunni Islam

Ayub Shah Durrani (Pashto: ايوب شاه دراني; Persian: ایوب شاه درانی), also known as Ayub Shah Abdali, was the ruler of Afghanistan from 1819 to 1823. He was an Afghan from the Pashtun ethnic group, and the second oldest son of Timur Shah. He succeeded his brother Ali Shah Durrani, after his son Isma'il Mirza killed him on the orders of Azim Khan Barakzai. He only ruled for four years, holding off his own brothers, as well as the Barakzai and Indian tribes from nearby. He was imprisoned by the Barakzai dynasty, and was succeeded by Sultan Mohammad Khan.

Death

Ayub Shah Durrani died in 1837.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Persian: شاه در دران, romanizedŠāh Durr-i Durrān

References

  1. ^ Murtazashvili, Jennifer Brick; Murtazashvili, Ilia (9 September 2021). Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-108-49341-3.