Afghanistan. A History from 1260 to the Present - Jonathan L. Lee (2018)

table 7: Saddozai Kings and Barakzai Wazirs (Sardars) of Afghanistan, 1793–1839

Shah Zaman, son of Timur
Shah

1793–

1801

succession disputed by Shah Mahmud and ‘Abbas
Mirza
1800: executes Wazir Payinda Khan, son of Hajji
Jamal Khan Barakzai
1801: Shah Zaman blinded by Wazir Fateh Khan, son
of Payinda Khan
Shah Mahmud, son of
Timur Shah

1801–3 contests throne with Shah Shuja‘ al-Mulk

Fateh Khan Barakzai becomes wazir

Shah Shuja‘ al-Mulk,
younger, full brother of
Shah Zaman

1803–9 takes Kabul, imprisons Shah Mahmud
1809: Elphinstone Mission in Peshawar; Shah Shuja‘
defeated by Shah Mahmud
1809–10: imprisoned by Ranjit Singh
1810: flees to Ludhiana
Shah Mahmud (2nd reign) 1809–18 1817–18: Fateh Khan deposes Firoz al-Din of Herat,
rebels;
1818: Fateh Khan blinded and later executed, his
brothers rebel against Shah Mahmud
Shah Shuja‘ al-Mulk (2nd
reign)

1818 Sardar Muhammad ‘Azim Khan, Fateh Khan’s
brother, offers Shah Shuja‘ the throne, but quickly
retracts offer
‘Ayub Shah, son of Timur
Shah

1818–23 placed on throne by Sardar Muhammad ‘Azim Khan
1817–19: Sikhs conquer Kashmir, Multan and
Peshawar
1823: ‘Azim Khan defeated by Sikhs at Battle of
Nowshera
1823: Shah ‘Ayub deposed and exiled by Sardar Pur
Dil Khan
‘Ali Mirza, son of Timur
Shah

1818 briefly declared king in Kabul by Dost Muhammad
Khan;
strangled by his half-brother, Shah Isma‘il
Shah Mahmud, son of
Timur Shah (3rd reign)

1818–26 Herat only; Kamran Mirza, his son, ruler in all but

name

Sardar Habib Allah Khan 1823 son of Muhammad ‘Azim Khan, briefly in Kabul;
Kandahar under Dil brothers, the Kandahar sardars;
Ghazni under Dost Muhammad Khan;
Peshawar under Sardar Yar Muhammad Khan and
his brothers, the Peshawar sardars
Sultan Muhammad Khan
Te l a’ i

1823–6 rules Kabul, succession disputed by Dost
Muhammad Khan
Amir Dost Muhammad
Khan

1826–39 deposes Sultan Muhammad Khan;
rules Kabul, Ghazni, Nangahar and Bamiyan
1839: flees after British occupation of Ghazni
Shah Kamran, son of Shah
Mahmud

1826–41 ruler of Herat only

Ruler’s name; lineage Dates Provinces ruled; events