SHAH SHUJA (178o?—1842)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, was the son of Timur Shah, and See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of Ahmad Shah, founder of the See also:

• DURANI, or DURRANI

Durani See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty . After conspiracies that caused the dethronement of two See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, Taman Shah and Mahmud Shah, he became king in 1803 . He was, however, in his turn driven out of Afghanistan in 1809 by Mahmud Shah, and found See also:

• REFUGE

refuge and a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension in See also:

• BRITISH

British territory . Distrusting the attitude of the See also:

• AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")

Amir Dost Mahommed towards See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• AUCKLAND
• AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, EARL OF (1784-1849)
• AUCKLAND, WILLIAM EDEN, 1ST BARON (1745-1814)

Auckland in 1839 attempted to restore Shah Shuja to the See also:

• THRONE

throne against the wishes of the Afghan See also:

• PEOPLE

people . This policy led to the disastrous first Afghan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . After the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat of the British troops from See also:

• KABUL

Kabul, Shah Shuja shut himself up in the See also:

• BALA

Bala See also:

• HISSAR

Hissar . He See also:

• LEFT

left this retreat on the 5th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1842, and was immediately killed by the adherents of Dost Mahommed and his son See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan .