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	BANGLAPEDIA: Shah Shuja
		Shahjahan recalled islam khan mashhadi to the court and appointed Shah Shuja subahdar of Bengal in 1639.
		Shah Shuja is not known to have made extensive conquests, though he appears to have sent campaigns against Hijli and Tippera.
		Shah Shuja, conscious of the importance of trade and commerce in the economic development of the country and the welfare of the people, welcomed foreign traders and the European companies and granted them privileges for carrying trade without let or hindrance.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/S_0251.HTM (1386 words)

	Shah Shuja - LoveToKnow 1911
		SHAH SHUJA (1780?-1842), king of Afghanistan, was the son of Timur Shah, and grandson of Ahmad Shah, founder of the Durani dynasty.
		He was, however, in his turn driven out of Afghanistan in 1809 by Mahmud Shah, and found refuge and a pension in British territory.
		Distrusting the attitude of the Amir Dost Mahommed towards Russia, Lord Auckland in 1839 attempted to restore Shah Shuja to the throne against the wishes of the Afghan people.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Shah_Shuja (155 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Lead Article
		Nadir Shah was assassinated by Muhammad Quli Khan and Salih Khan of the Persian army on June 8, 1747, in Fatehabad.
		Ahmad Shah Durrani died on October 23, 1772, in the village of Murgha in the Suleiman mountains.
		The Koh-i-Noor was in the possession of Queen Wafa Begum, wife of Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, in Lahore.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000709/spectrum/main1.htm (2451 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shuja was the governor of Herat and Peshawar from 1798 to 1801.
		Shuja allied Afghanistan with the United Kingdom in 1809, as a means of defending against a combined invasion of India by Napoleon and Russia.
		In July, Shuja Shah was narrowly defeated at Kandahar by the Afghans under Dost Mohammad Khan and fled.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Shuja_Shah_Durrani (392 words)

	Koh-i-Nur: A Diamond's Incredible Journey by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
		Shah Shuja wore it proudly on his breast and the British envoy Elphinstone (of Bombay) saw the diamond and mentioned it to his colleagues.
		Shah Shuja was evicted and sought shelter in Lahore and was held under the protection of Raja Ranjit Singh, the lion of Punjab.
		Nadir Shah of Persia invaded Delhi and stole the Koh-i-Nur (and the Peacock Throne), and transported it to Tehran c.1739.
	www.boloji.com /history/031a.htm (2675 words)

	The Reign of Shah Jahan, 1628-1658
		Shah Shuja, Aurangzib, and Murad Bakhsh, the three younger sons of Shah Jahan, 1635.
		From Shah Jahan to the end of the Mughal line the famous Red Fort was heart of the empire and the principal residence of the emperors.
		Shah Jahan returned north to concentrate on his new capital at Shahjahanabad, while his son, the young prince Aurangzeb, was appointed viceroy and commander-in-chief of Mughal forces in the Deccan.
	www.islamicart.com /library/empires/india/shahjahan.html (1561 words)

	Shah Jahan Summary
		Shah Jahan is best known as the builder of the Taj Mahal, a shrine to his Persian second wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, popularly known as Mumtaz Mahal ("Ornament of the Palace") whom he married on May 10,1612, at the age of 20.
		Shah Jahan was born with the name Prince Khurram to Jahangir and the Hindu Rajput Princess Manmati, and was reportedly close to his grandfather Akbar as a child.
		Shah Jahan reversed this trend by putting down a Muslim rebellion in Ahmednagar, repulsing the Portuguese in the Bengal, capturing the Rajput kingdoms of Baglana and Bundelkhand to the west, and the kingdoms of Bijapur and Golconda in the Deccan and the northwest beyond the Khyber Pass.
	www.bookrags.com /Shah_Jahan (2266 words)

	Sikh Empire - Indian History
		At the age of twenty he obtained from Zaman Shah, the king of Afghanistan, a grant of Lahore, which he seized by force of arms in 1799.
		In 1833 when Shah Shuja, flying from Afghanistan, sought refuge at his court, he took from him the Koh-i-nor diamond, which subsequently came into the possession of the British crown.
		Known as " The Lion of the Punjab," Ranjit Singh died of paralysis on the 27th of June 1839.
	www.gloriousindia.com /history/sikh_empire.html (640 words)

	Chapter 11<BR>The British Response
		The shah was still before Herat, the situation in Afghanistan had not improved, and it was not known that the Russians had backed down.
		On June 25 a treaty was signed at Lahore between Shah Shuja, Ranjit Singh, and the Government of India which reaffirmed the Shuja-Ranjit treaty of 1834 and cleared the way for Shuja to try again.
		Shuja was actually in an impossible position, surrounded as he was by British advisors and troops.
	www.jsenterprises.com /john/thesis/chapter11.htm (2327 words)

	Amir Dost Mohammad
		The British garrisoned Kabul and put Shah Shuja on the throne, but they failed to realize that Afghan allegiance was not to a throne but to a chief among the chieftains.
		In a situation very similar to that of the Russian-supported government in Kabul in the 1980's, the reinstated Shah Shuja was a puppet monarch supported by foreign troops, soon found themselves the target of bloody resistance.
		Shah Shuja had been murdered during the campaign by his own followers.
	www.afghan-network.net /Rulers/dost_mohammad.html (278 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shah Jahan followed the Mughal practice of assigning authority to his sons, and in 1634 made Aurangzeb Subahdar (governor) of the Deccan.
		Shah Jahan fell ill in 1657, and was widely reported to have died.
		The army sent against Shuja was trapped in the east, its generals Jai Singh I and Diler Khan, submitted to Aurangzeb, but allowed Dara's son Sulaiman to escape via the Himalayan foothills and join his father in Punjab.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Aurangzeb (5893 words)

	Afghanistan Country Study
		From the death of Nadir Shah in 1747 until the communist coup of April 1978, Afghanistan was governed-at least nominally-by Pashtun rulers of the Abdali tribe.
		When Nadir Shah, who had become vicious and capricious in his later years, was killed by a group of dissident officers, Ahmad and some 4,000 of his cavalrymen escaped with the treasury Nadir Shah always carried with him for payments and bribes en route.
		Ahmad Shah's successors were not so wise, and the nation he had built almost collapsed because of their misrule and the intratribal rivalry that they could not manage.
	www.gl.iit.edu /govdocs/afghanistan/AhmedShahDurranni.html (4715 words)

	Shah Shuja
		Shah Shuja (June 23, 1616–1660) was the second son of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and empress Mumtaz Mahal.
		In 1642, Shuja was also given the charge of the province of Orissa.
		Shuja, his family and his retinue were tortured to death.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/shah_shuja.html (673 words)

	Shah Shuja : Banglapedia Article:Boi-Mela
		Shah Shuja (1639-1660 AD) Mughal viceroy of subah Bangla, was the second son of Emperor shahjahan and Empress Mumtaj Mahal.
		Shah Shuja, conscious of the importance of trade and commerce in the economic development of the country and the welfare of the people, welcomed foreign traders and the European companies and granted them privileges for carrying trade without let or hindrance.
		Shah Shuja also took interest in a fresh settlement of revenues of the provinces under his control, by which revenues were increased by 15% over the settlement of Todar Mal in Akbar's time.
	www.boi-mela.com /Banglapedia/ViewArticle.asp?TopicRef=4871 (1415 words)

	Afghanistan AHMAD SHAH AND THE DURRANI EMPIRE - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		From Nadir Shah's death in 1747 until the communist coup of April 1978, Afghanistan was governed--at least nominally--by Pashtun rulers from the Abdali group of clans.
		One of Ahmad Shah's first acts as chief was to adopt the title "Durr-i-Durrani" ("pearl of pearls" or "pearl of the age"), which may have come from a dream or from the pearl earrings worn by the royal guard of Nadir Shah.
		After the death of Ahmad Shah's successor, Timur, the three strongest contenders for the position of shah were Timur's sons, the governors of Qandahar, Herat, and Kabul.
	www.workmall.com /wfb2001/afghanistan/afghanistan_history_ahmad_shah_and_the_durrani_empire.html (1661 words)

	Ahmad Shah Baba And The Durrani Empire
		Even before the death of Nadir Shah, tribes in the Hindu Kush had been growing stronger and were beginning to take advantage of the waning power of their distant rulers.
		ne of Ahmad Shah's first acts as chief was to adopt the title "Durr-i-Durrani" ("pearl of pearls" or "pearl of the age"), which may have come from a dream or from the pearl earrings worn by the royal guard of Nadir Shah.
		Shah Mahmud reigned for a mere three years before being replaced by yet another of Timur Shah's sons, Shuja, who ruled for only six years, from 1803 to 1809.
	www.zmong-afghanistan.com /ahmad_durrani.asp (1616 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Tarikh-i-Shah Shujai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Muhammad Masum was a born companion of shah shuja and served him for twenty five years.
		When Shuja, after his final defeat in the hands of mir jumla, evacuated tandah and left for Dhaka en route to Arakan, Masum retired to Maldah and utilised the time in writing the Tarikh-i-Shah Shujai.
		Shah Shuja's participation in the war forms only a part of the book, though the author devotes a little more space on this part.
	banglapedia.org /HT/T_0077.HTM (716 words)

	The Pakhtu/Pashto Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The reason why Ahmad Shahs merit was never recognized was his rise at a time when the Indian and Persian empires were disintegrating and the alien invaders from the West were scrambling into fill the vacuum.
		Pir Sabir Shah, the spiritual guide of the time, showered his praise for the young Ahmad Shah by declaring him Dar-e-Durran (pearl of the pearls) not because that he was a military giant but for his humanity a definite quality of statesman.
		Zeman Shah, governor of Kabul, was in the most commanding position and became shah at the age of twenty-three.
	www.pakhtun.com /ahmadShah.htm (2818 words)

	History of Iran: The Siege of Herat 1837-1838
		The shah was still before Herat, the situation in Afghanistan had not improved, and it was not known that the Russians had backed down.
		After his restoration, Shah Shuja was confronted with the old problem of tribal versus royal power.
		Shuja was actually in an impossible position, surrounded as he was by British advisors and troops.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/articles/siege_of_herat11.php (2314 words)

	Afghanistan - An Historical Overview
		Ahmed Shah was the founder of the modern Afghan state and his conquests included the Pushtuns as the foremost power.
		Shah Shuja managed to escape and fled to Lahore where he took refugee with the British.
		Prince Zahir Shah and his cousin Daoud, who was later to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic, were barely out of their teens when Nadir Shah was assassinated in 1933.
	www.marxist.com /Asia/afghanistan_historical_overview.html (3929 words)

	The Koh-I-Noor Diamond
		Shah Rukh reigned in name, if not in fact, for almost 50 years; his supporter was Ahmed Abdali, an Afghan who had been one of Nadir Shah's most capable generals before he returned to Afghanistan, subdued it, and established himself as its ruler.
		Shah Shuja had the Koh-I-Noor with him and the ruler of Punjab must hav known about the famous gem because he showed his desire to own it.
		On a third occasion Shah Shuja sent Ranjit Singh a large white topaz, saying it was the diamond; and when his court jewelers examined it and told him that it wasn't a diamond, Ranjit Singh was furious.
	famousdiamonds.tripod.com /koh-i-noordiamond.html (9810 words)

	Aurangzeb,Aurangzeb In Delhi,History of Aurangzeb In India
		At the end of his life, Shah Jahan found himself right in the middle of one of the messiest battles for succession in Indian history and certainly the worst in Mughal history.
		All the four claimants to Shah Jahan’s throne were the children of the same mother – although one would never have guessed it from their temperaments and their determination to make it to the throne.
		In 1657, Dara Shikoh was 43, Shah Shuja 41, Aurangzeb 39 and Murad 33.
	www.indiasite.com /delhi/history/aurangzeb.html (1827 words)

	Afghanistan - MSN Encarta
		In the 18th century, Nadir Shah, the king of Persia, employed the Abdali tribe of Pashtuns in his wars in India.
		Ahmad Shah, an Abdali chief who had gained a high post in Nadir Shah’s army, established himself in Kandahār after Nadir Shah’s assassination in 1747.
		Dost Muhammad Khan emerged as the new ruler, or emir, in Kābul by 1826.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569370_10/Afghanistan.html (2087 words)

	Afghanistan - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		An assembly of tribal chiefs proclaimed him shah, and the Afghans extended their rule as far east as Kashmīr and Delhi, north to the Amu Darya, and west into northern Persia.
		Two sons of Timur, Shah Shuja and Shah Mahmud, fought over the remnants of the Afghan empire, with Shuja finally going into exile in India and Mahmud withdrawing to Herāt, as a number of other small principalities emerged throughout Afghanistan.
		With British and Sikh manipulation and support, Shah Shuja returned to Afghanistan to overthrow Dost Muhammad, as a British garrison was established in Kābul and elsewhere south of the Hindu Kush mountains.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761569370___42/Afghanistan.html (4545 words)

	All Empires: History Forum: A controversial figure in world history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Aurangzeb (from Persian, اورنگ‌زی 76; meaning "befitting the throne") was the third son of the fifth great Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (builder of the Taj Mahal.) After a rebellion by his father, part of Aurangzeb's childhood and early manhood was spent as a kind of hostage at his grandfather Jahangir's court.
		Shah Jahan followed the Mughal practice of assigning authority to his sons, and in 1634 made Aurangzeb governor of the Deccan.
		On news of the Shah Jahan's supposed death, his second son, Shah Shuja declared himself emperor in Bengal.
	www.allempires.com /Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7435 (4788 words)

	18-19 Century
		1712:Death of the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah, accession of Jahandar Shah.
		The Persians were defeated and the Afghans under Shah Mahmud became the masters of a greater part of Persia.
		Ahmad Shah Durrani came to India at the invitation of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi and smashed rising Maratha power in the battle of Panipat.
	users.aol.com /_ht_a/iftkhar1398/html/body_18-19_century.html (726 words)

	Sikh History: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shah Shuja' renounced all his claims in regard to Sindh and agreed to abide by the settlement made by the British and the Sikh ruler in Sindh.
		Shah Shuja' surrendered to joint Anglo-Sikh authority control of the foreign relations of Afghanistan.
		Finally, Hirat was to be independent, and, at Kabul, Shah Shuja' was required to have a British envoy.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=770&pop=1&page=0 (337 words)

	AFGHANISTAN - BRITISH MEDDLING COMES UNSTUCK
		Without British assistance Shah Shuja was compelled to turn to his former host Ranjit Singh of the Punjab who had previously incarcerated him.
		The plan to send a British force to reinstall Shah Shuja on the throne of Afghanistan was the sole responsibility of Sir William Macnaghton.
		In August 1839, Shah Shuja and the British finally reached Kabul and made a ceremonial entry with Burnes and Macnaughton in blue and gold dress uniforms flanking Shah Shuja in the vanguard, the Shah entered the palace of his ancestors.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /kenanderson/histemp/afghanistan1.html (2216 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Shah Niamatullah's Tomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shah Niamatullah's Tomb is the first Mughal tomb structure in Bangladesh.
		Tradition ascribes it to shah shuja (1639-1660 AD), who is reported to have built the Shah Niamatullah Mosque Complex.
		The masonry grave of Shah Niamatullah (R) lies in the centre of the chamber.
	banglapedia.org /HT/S_0248.HTM (327 words)

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