Sultan Ali Shah was the Shah of Afghanistan from 1818 to 1819. He was a son of Timur Shah, and the second last Durrani Emperor. He was deposed by his brother Ayub Shah. Shah is an Iranian term (Persian and Kurdish) for king, and has also been adopted in many other languages. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Timur Shah (1748 - 18 May 1793), the second son of Ahmad Shah and the second of the Durrani Dynasty, was the King of Afghanistan from 16 October 1772 until his death. ... The Durrani Empire was a state in present day Afghanistan. ... Ayub Shah, a son of Timur Shah, ruled Afghanistan from 1819 to 1823. ...