Timur Shah Durrani تیمور شاہ درانی | |||||
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Shah of the Durrani Empire | |||||
Emir of the Durrani Empire | |||||
Reign | November 1772 – 20 May 1793 | ||||
Coronation | 1772 | ||||
Predecessor | Ahmad Shah Durrani Humayun Mirza (disputed) | ||||
Successor | Zaman Shah Durrani | ||||
Born | December 1746[1][2] Mashhad, Afsharid Persia (present-day Iran)[3] | ||||
Died | 20 May 1793 (aged 46) Char Bagh, Durrani Empire (present-day Afghanistan) | ||||
Burial | 21 May 1793 Maqbara-i-Timur Shah, Kabul | ||||
Spouse | Gauhar-un-Nissa Begum Maryam Begum[4] Gauhar Shad Begum[5] Ayesha Durrani[6] | ||||
Issue | Zaman Shah Durrani Mahmud Shah Durrani Shah Shujah Durrani Ahmed Mirza Sultan Mirza Nurdah Mirza Malik Gawhwar Akbar Mirza Husein Mirza Hasan Mirza Abbas Mirza Buland Mirza Shahrukh Mirza Shahpur Mirza Jahan Wala Humayun Mirza Ibrahim Mirza Faruk Mirza Khawar Mirza Ayub Mirza Miran Mirza Kohandil Mirza Nader Mirza | ||||
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Dynasty | Durrani | ||||
Father | Ahmad Shah Durrani | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Timur Shah Durrani (Pashto: تېمور شاه دراني; Persian: تیمور شاہ درانی;), also known as Timur Shah Abdali or Taimur Shah Abdali (December 1746 – 20 May 1793) was the second ruler of the Afghan Durrani Empire, from November 1772 until his death in 1793.[7] An ethnic Pashtun, he was the second eldest son of Ahmad Shah Durrani.