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Afghanistan from Ahmad Shah until Dost Mohammed (1691 words) |
 | 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. |
| Ahmad Shah's successors governed so ineptly during a period of profound unrest that within fifty years of his death, Afghanistan was embroiled in a civil war. |
| After the death of Ahmad Shah's successor, Timur Shah[?], the three strongest contenders for the position of shah were Timur's sons, the governors of Kandahar, Herat, and Kabul. |
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