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SHAH SHUJA (178o?—1842) , See also: king of
See also: Afghanistan, was the son of Timur Shah, and See also: grandson of Ahmad Shah, founder of the See also: Durani dynasty
.
After conspiracies that caused the dethronement of two See also: 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 and a pension in See also: British territory
.
Distrusting the attitude of the Amir Dost Mahommed towards See also: Russia, See also: Lord See also: Auckland in 1839 attempted to restore Shah Shuja to the See also: throne against the wishes of the Afghan See also: people
.
This policy led to the disastrous first Afghan War
.
After the retreat of the British troops from See also: Kabul, Shah Shuja shut himself up in the See also: Bala See also: Hissar
.
He See also: left this retreat on the 5th of See also: April 1842, and was immediately killed by the adherents of Dost Mahommed and his son See also: Akbar Khan
.
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