Shuja Shah (Shoja Shah, Shah Shujah, Shujah al-Mulk) (? - April 1842) was of the Sadozai line of the Abdali group of Pashtun clans. A son of Timur Shah of the Durrani dynasty. He ousted his brother, Mahmud Shah, from power, and ruled Afghanistan from 1803 to 1809. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... 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. ... Mahmud Shah was the ruler of Afghanistan between 1801-1803 and again between 1809-1818. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Shuja allied Afghanistan with the United Kingdom in 1809, as a mean to defend against a combined invasion of India by Napoleon and Russia. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

He was deposed by his predecessor Mahmud Shah in 1809 and went into exile. First in Punjab, later in Ludhiana in British India. Mahmud Shah was the ruler of Afghanistan between 1801-1803 and again between 1809-1818. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (also Panjab) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... Ludhiana in India is the largest city of Punjab. ... The British Raj is an informal term for the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). ...

In 1833 he struck a deal with Maharajah Ranjit Singh of the Punjab: He was allowed to march his troops through Punjab, and in return he would cede Peshawar to the Sikhs if they could manage to take it. In a concerted campaign the following year, Shuja marched on Kandahar while the Sikhs, commanded by general Hari Singh Nalwa attacked Peshawar. In July, Shuja Shah was narrowly defeated at Kandahar by the Afghans under Dost Mahommed Khan and fled. The Sikhs on their hand seized Peshawar. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sikh ruler of the Punjab. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (also Panjab) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... Peshāwar (known as Purushapura in Sanskrit) is a city in Pakistans North-West Frontier Province (pop. ... Dost Mahommed Khan (1793 - June 9, 1863) founded the Barakzai dynasty in Afghanistan. ...

In 1838 he had gained the support of the British and Punjab for an invasion of Afghanistan. This triggered the European influence in Afghanistan#The First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). Shuja was restored to the throne by the British in August 1839, almost 30 years after his demise, but did not remain in power when the British left. He was assassinated in April 1842 The Rise of Dost Mohammad It was not until 1826 that the energetic Dost Mohammad was able to exert sufficient control over his brothers to take over the throne in Kabul, where he proclaimed himself amir. ...