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Encyclopedia > Shoja Shah

Shoja Shah was a member of Afghanistans Barakzay dynasty, a ruler who ousted Mahmud Shah from power. He ruled from 1803 to 1809.


Shoja allied Afghanistan with Britain in 1809, as a means to defend against a combined invasion of India by Napoleon and Russia.


He was usurped by Mahmud Shah in 1809.


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c. Afghanistan. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (588 words)
Shoja Shah met at Peshawar with the British representative, Mountstuart Elphinstone, to negotiate a joint defense against the threat of a combined invasion of India by Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia.
With the aim of overthrowing Dost Muhammad and reinstalling the Sadozay ruler Shah Shoja, the British launched an ill-fated invasion of Afghanistan.
Shah Shoja was assassinated, and Dost Muhammad returned to power in Kabul.
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