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Shah Shujah Durrani

1785 - 1842

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Shuja Shah 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shah Shujah Durrani is the 4,107th most popular politician (up from 12,322nd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 94th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shah Shujah Durrani ranks 4,107 out of 19,576. Before him are Konstantin Dejanović, P. W. Botha, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Isabella of Valois, Emperor Zhao of Han, and Thusnelda. After him are Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jules de Polignac, Sin-shumu-lishir, Thamphthis, Leopold Berchtold, and Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Shah Shujah Durrani ranks 13. Before him are Karl Drais, Lin Zexu, William Jackson Hooker, Claude-Louis Navier, Bettina von Arnim, and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco. After him are Pierre Louis Dulong, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John James Audubon, Adam Sedgwick, and Carl Adolph Agardh. Among people deceased in 1842, Shah Shujah Durrani ranks 11. Before him are Bernardo O'Higgins, Clemens Brentano, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Robert Smith, and Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey. After him are Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Peter Fendi, José de Espronceda, Dominique Jean Larrey, Pierre Cambronne, and Charles Bell.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Shah Shujah Durrani ranks 35 out of 177. Before him are Abu Maʿshar (787), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), and Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438). After him are Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Ibn al-Rawandi (827), and Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Shah Shujah Durrani ranks 26. Before him are Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), and Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438). After him are Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925).

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