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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, was the son of Timur Shah, and See also:grandson of Ahmad Shah, founder of the See also:Durani See also: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 See also:pension in See also:British territory. Distrusting the attitude of the See also: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 See also:War. After the See also: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 See also:Khan.
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