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Ayub Shah Durrani

1800 - 1837

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ayub Shah Durrani is the 14,797th most popular politician (down from 14,288th in 2024), the 120th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 115th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ayub Shah Durrani ranks 14,797 out of 19,576Before him are Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, John of Cappadocia, Ashur-bel-nisheshu, Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, and Bill Hagerty. After him are Anahita Ratebzad, Petar Gabrovski, Khenthap, Martin Lee, Ahmose-Sitamun, and Boris Ponomarev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Ayub Shah Durrani ranks 72Before him are Sayed Morad Khan, Heinrich Göppert, Osip Senkovsky, Ali Shah Durrani, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, and Christian Lassen. After him are Said bin Ahmad, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Zinovios Valvis, George Bancroft, and Kolyu Ficheto. Among people deceased in 1837, Ayub Shah Durrani ranks 42Before him are Yuri Lisyansky, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Pavel Schilling, Diego Portales, Herman of Alaska, and John Soane. After him are Joseph Grimaldi, Ivan Dmitriev, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, and Edward Donovan.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ayub Shah Durrani ranks 120 out of 177Before him are Karim Khalili (1950), Vima Takto (100), Heliocles I (-200), Amr ibn al-Layth (null), Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935), and Ali Shah Durrani (1800). After him are Anahita Ratebzad (1931), Malalai of Maiwand (1861), Abdul Aziz Hotak (1700), Kader Khan (1937), Atiq Rahimi (1962), and Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ayub Shah Durrani ranks 85Before him are Karim Khalili (1950), Vima Takto (100), Heliocles I (-200), Amr ibn al-Layth (null), Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935), and Ali Shah Durrani (1800). After him are Anahita Ratebzad (1931), Abdul Aziz Hotak (1700), Hussain Hotak (null), Ahmad Zia Massoud (1956), Antimachus I (-200), and Sitara Achakzai (1957).