Ayub Shah Durrani

Ruler of the Durrani Empire

Ayub Shah Durrani ایوب شاه درانی
Ruler of the Durrani Empire
Ayub Shah Durrani. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, ca.1865
Emir of the Durrani Empire
Reign	Durrani Empire: 1819–1823
Predecessor	Ali Shah Durrani
Successor	Sultan Mohammad Khan

Died	1 October 1837
Dynasty	Durrani dynasty
Father	Timur Shah

Ayub Shah Durrani (Persian/Pashto: ایوب شاه درانی), also known as Ayub Shah Abdali, son of Timur Shah Durrani, ruled Afghanistan from 1819 to 1823. He was an Afghan from the Pashtun ethnic group. He was the second oldest son of Timur Shah. He killed his brother Ali Shah for the throne. He only ruled four years, holding off his own brothers and the Barakzai and Indian tribes from nearby. He was imprisoned by the Barakzai and his brother took the throne, shortly losing it to the Barakzai.

He was succeeded in 1823 by Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty.

Death

Ayub Shah Durrani died in 1837.^[1]

References

^ 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.