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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|List of Viziers of the Durrani Empire 1747-1823/1839-1842}}<br />
{{Infobox official post<br />
| post = [[Grand vizier|Wazir]]<br />
| body = the [[Durrani Empire]]<br />
| insignia = File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png<br />
| insigniasize = 150<br />
| insigniacaption = '''Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani'''<br />
| image = <br />
| imagesize = 120px<br />
| imagecaption = <br />
| style = [[Vizier|Wazir]]<br />
| residence = <br />
| appointer = The [[List of heads of state of Afghanistan|Shah]]<br />
| appointer_qualified = <br />
| precursor = <br />
| formation = 1747<br />
| first = Shah Wali Khan<br />
| last = [[Fateh Khan Barakzai]]<br />
| abolished = 1823<br />
| succession = List of Wazirs of the Emirate of Afghanistan<br />
| salary = <br />
| incumbent = <br />
}}<br />
{{Politics of Afghanistan}}<br />
{{History of Afghanistan}}<br />
This article lists the '''[[Vizier|Wazirs]] of the [[Durrani Empire]]''' beginning from it's rise in 1747, and ending with the empire's fall in 1823. It also includes the brief [[First Anglo-Afghan War|interlude]] of [[Shah Shuja Durrani]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The [[Durrani Empire]] formed in 1747 following the death of [[Nader Shah]]. The empire was founded by [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], who began expanding the empire into all directions. Ahmad Shah would expand into [[Durrani Campaign to Khorasan (1754–55)|Khorasan]], [[Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani|Punjab]], and [[Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani|India]]. During this period of time, they would establish [[Viziers|Wazirs]], similar to the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Wazirs would often change with different rulers, especially during the succession crisis amongst [[Timur Shah Durrani]]'s sons. The killing of [[Fateh Khan Barakzai|Wazir Fateh Khan]] by [[Mahmud Shah Durrani]] led to the collapse of the [[Durrani Empire]]. [[Shah Shuja Durrani]] would be restored in 1839 in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], but he was eventually deposed and killed in 1842.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Jonathan |title=Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2019 |isbn=9781789140101 |pages=188 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=McChesney|first1=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QkzAQAAQBAJ|title=The History of Afghanistan (6 vol. set): Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh|last2=Khorrami|first2=Mohammad Mehdi|date=19 December 2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-23498-7|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Wazirs==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"<br />
|+<br />
! colspan="2" |'''Wazir'''<br />
! colspan="3" |Term of office<br />
! rowspan="2" |Shah<br />
|-<br />
!Portrait<br />
!{{Small|Epithet}}<br/>Name<br/>{{Small|(Birth-Death)}}<br />
!'''Took office'''<br />
!'''Left office'''<br />
!Time in office<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Painting of Ahmad Shah Abdali and his grand wazir Shah Wali Khan, ca.1760's.jpg|107x107px]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |'''Shah Wali Khan''' <br />
{{Smaller|(d. 1772)}}<br />
| rowspan="2" |1747<br />
| rowspan="2" |1772<br />
| rowspan="2" |25 years<br />
|'''[[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]'''<br />
[[File:Portrait of Ahmad-Shah Durrani. Mughal miniature. ca. 1757, Bibliothèque nationale de France.jpg|111x111px]]<br/>{{Small|(1747–1772)}}<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
| rowspan="4" |'''[[Timur Shah Durrani]]'''<br />
[[File:Temur-Shah.jpg|150x150px]]<br/>{{Small|(1772-1793)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]<br />
|'''[[Hajji Jamal Khan Barakzai]]'''<br/>{{Smaller|(1719–1772)}}<br />
|1772<br />
|1772<br />
|<1 year<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]<br />
|'''[[Rahimdad Khan]]'''<br/>{{Smaller|(?)}}<br />
|1772<br />
|1774<br />
|2 years<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Sardar Payendah Khan Barakzai.jpg|107x107px]]<br />
|'''[[Payindah Khan Barakzai]]'''<br/>{{Smaller|(1758-1800)}}<br />
|1774<br />
|1793<br />
|19 years<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]<br />
|'''[[Wafadar Khan]]''' <br />
{{Smaller|(d. 1801)}}<br />
|1793<br />
|1801<br />
|8 years<br />
|'''[[Zaman Shah Durrani]]'''<br />
[[File:Emperor Zaman Shah Durrani of Afghanistan-cropped-3.jpg|107x107px]]<br/>{{Small|(1793–1801)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Fateh Khan Barakzai.jpg|107x107px]]<br />
|'''[[Fateh Khan Barakzai]]'''<br/>{{Smaller|(1777-1818)}}<br />
|1801<br />
|1803<br />
|2 years<br />
|'''[[Mahmud Shah Durrani]]'''<br />
[[File:Mahmud Shah Durrani.jpg|107x107px]]<br/>{{Small|First reign<br>(1801–1803)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]<br />
|'''Mukhtar al-Daula'''<br/>{{Smaller|(d. 1808)}}<br />
|1803<br />
|1808<br />
|5 years<br />
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Shah Shuja Durrani]]'''<br />
[[File:Lithograph of Shah Shujah in 1843.jpg|150x150px]]<br/>{{Small|(1803-1809)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]<br />
|'''Akram Khan'''<br/>{{Smaller|(d. 1809)}}<br />
|1808<br />
|1809<br />
|1 year<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Fateh Khan Barakzai.jpg|107x107px]]<br />
|'''[[Fateh Khan Barakzai]]'''<br/>{{Smaller|(1777-1818)}}<br />
|1809<br />
|1818<br />
|9 years<br />
|'''[[Mahmud Shah Durrani]]'''<br />
[[File:Mahmud Shah Durrani.jpg|107x107px]]<br/>{{Small|Second reign<br>(1809–1818)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Sin foto.svg|107x107px]]<br />
|'''Civil war'''<br/>{{Smaller|(1818-1823)}}<br />
|1818<br />
|1823<br />
|5 years<br />
|'''Civil war'''<br />
[[File:Sin foto.svg|107x107px]]<br/>{{Small|(Civil war)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]<br />
|'''Mullah Shakar'''<br/>{{Smaller|(?)}}<br />
|1839<br />
|1840<br />
|1 year<br />
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Shah Shuja Durrani]]'''<br />
[[File:Lithograph of Shah Shujah in 1843.jpg|150x150px]]<br/>{{Small|Second reign<br>(1839–1842)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Usman Khan, Shah Shuja Durrani Wazir.png|150x150px]]<br />
|'''Mohammad Osman Khan'''<br/>{{Smaller|(1798-1865)}}<br />
|1840<br />
|1842<br />
|2 years<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of heads of state of Afghanistan]]<br />
*[[Durrani Empire]]<br />
*[[Vizier]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Viziers]]<br />
[[Category:Durrani Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Afghanistan]]<br />
[[Category:Emperors]]<br />
[[Category:Grand viziers]]<br />
[[Category:Durrani dynasty]]</div>Ajay Kumar