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Ali Shah Durrani

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Sultan Ali Shah Durrani Mirza (King Ali I)
علی شاه درانی
Shah of the Durrani Empire
Emir of the Durrani Empire
ReignDurrani Empire: 1818-1819
Coronation1818
PredecessorMahmud Shah
SuccessorAyub Shah Durrani
Died1819
DynastyDurrani dynasty
FatherTimur Shah
MotherZuhra Begum

Ali Shah Durrani (Persian: علی شاه درانی) also known as Ali Shah Abdali, was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1818 to 1819. He was the son of Timur Shah Durrani, an Afghan from the Pashtun ethnic group.[1] and the penultimate Durrani Emperor. He was strangled by his brother Shah Isma'il in 1818 or 1819.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Timur Shah, ruler of Afghanistan
  2. ^ "Afghanistan a History from 1260 to the Present".
Regnal titles
Preceded by Emir of Afghanistan
1818–1819
Succeeded by