Kamran Shah Durrani Explained

Shahzada Kamran Durrani
Death Date:Early 1842
Birth Date:1789
Birth Place:Herat, Durrani Empire
Father:Mahmud Shah Durrani
Succession:Ruler of Herat
Reign:1829–Early 1842
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:Mahmud Shah Durrani
Successor:Yar Mohammad Khan Alakozai
Issue:Nader Mirza[1]
House:Sadozai dynasty
Religion:Sunni Islam

Kamran Shah Durrani, was born in the Sadozai dynasty of Afghanistan. He was the son of Mahmud Shah Durrani, grandson of Timur Shah Durrani[2] and the great grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani,[3] the founder of the Durrani Empire. He was deposed and killed in early 1842, by his vizier Yar Muhammad Khan Alakozai.[4]

Reign

After Timur Shah's death in 1793, Afghanistan fell apart into multiple pieces. Eventually Mahmud Shah took the throne in 1809 and had as vizier Fateh Khan Barakzai. In April 1818, Fateh Khan conquered Herat for Mahmud but he fell out of favour with him and Mahmud Shah and his son Kamran accompanied by allies repaid Fateh Khan's services by having him brutally assassinated in 1818. With the assassination of Fateh Khan, the fall of the Durrani Empire began. Thus, after a bloody conflict, Mahmud Shah was deprived of all his possessions except Herat. The rest of his dominions were divided among Fateh Khan's brothers. Mahmud Shah Durrani died in 1829. Herat was then ruled by Kamran Shah. In Early 1842, he was deposed and killed in Kohsan on the orders of his Vazir Yar Mohammad Khan Alakozai. Most of his family migrated to Quetta in British India.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Lee . Johnathan L. . The "ancient Supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan, and the Battle for Balkh, 1731-1901 . 1996 . . 9004103996 .
  2. Timur Shah, ruler of Afghanistan
  3. Web site: Archived copy . lcweb2.loc.gov . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041031004025/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+af0010) . 31 October 2004 . dead.
  4. Book: Noelle-Karimi, Christine. The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th-19th Centuries). 2014. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. 978-3-7001-7202-4. en.
  5. Web site: Shahzada Kamran Durrani . 2022-11-02 . Mundigak . 24 February 2021 . en-US.