Ahmad Shah Durrani
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Ahmad Shah Durrani was the first ruler and founder of the Durrani Empire. He is often regarded as the founder of modern Afghanistan. As Shah, he relentlessly led military campaigns for over 25 years a
Mughal miniature of Ahmad Shah Durrani, c. 1757
Legendary coronation of Ahmad Shah Durrani by Abdali chiefs at Kandahar in 1747
Portrait of Nader Shah, who Ahmad Shah often envisioned himself as the successor of
Depiction of Mahmud of Ghazni. Ahmad Shah is typically compared with him, with Mahmud himself having launched over 17 invasions of India.
Timur Shah Durrani
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Timur Shah Durrani was the second ruler of the Afghan Durrani Empire, from November 1772 until his death in 1793. An ethnic Pashtun, he was the second eldest son of Ahmad Shah Durrani.
Ahmad Shah Durrani
…Ahmad Shah lifted the siege on 10 November, and was intent on returning years later. Shahrokh Shah had released a son of Ahmad Shah, possibly being Timur Shah Durrani, or Ahmad Shah's youngest son, Sanjar Mirza. Nonetheless, after the siege of Mashhad, Ahmad Shah advanced to Nishapur, which was ruled by the Qara Bayat…
Portrait of Timur Shah Durrani
Coin of Timur Shah as Nizam of the Punjab, minted in Lahore, dated 1757–58
Portrait of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, brother-in-law to Timur Shah.
Bala Hissar, Peshawar, in 1910