Timur Shah (1748 - 18 May 1793), the second son of Ahmed Shah Abdali and the second of the Durrani Dynasty, was the Shah of Afghanistan from 16 October 1772 until his death. Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ahmad Shah Durrani Ahmad Shah Abdali (c. ... The Durrani Empire was a state in present day Afghanistan. ... Shah is an Iranian term (Persian and Kurdish) for king, and has also been adopted in many other languages. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Timur had a quick rise to power; marrying a daughter of the Mughal Emperor Alamgir II he received Sirhind as a wedding gift, and later his father made him governor of Punjab, Kashmir and the Sirhind district in 1757 when he was only 9 years old. He ruled from Lahore under the regency of his Wazir, the general Jahan Khan, who administered these territories for approximately one year, from May 1757 until April 1758. Timur and Jahan were never able to establish law and order. The Mughal Empire, (Persian: دولتِ مغل) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent, then known as Hindustan, and parts of Afghanistan and Persia, between 1526 and 1707. ... Alamgir II (1699 - 1759) was the Mughal emperor of India between 1754 and 1759. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (meaning: Land of five Rivers; also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Minar-e-Pakistan represents Pakistani independence The Hazuri Bagh, looking towards the Roshnai Gate Lahore (Urdu: لاہور) is a major city of Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab. ...

Adina Beg Khan, governor of the Julundur Doab, along with Raghunath Rao leading the Maratha empire, forced Timur and Jahan from Punjab and put in place their own government under Adina Beg Khan. In 1759, Ahmad Shah finally conquered Punjab, invading with a force of 60,000 against the Marathas 45,000. The conflict reached its conclusion in the battle of Panipat on January 14, 1761. The deciding factor was not the numerical superiority. As usual with the Mongols, it was their discipline, their firepower, their communications, and their mobility that proved decisive. The Marathas were given a humiliating defeat which cost them the flower of their youth as well as 50,000 horses. They were not to recover from the blow. Extent of the Maratha Confederacy ca. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

When Timur succeeded his father in 1772, the regional chieftains only reluctantly accepted him, and most of his reign was spent fighting a civil war to resist rebellion. During his reign, the Durrani Empire began to crumble forcing the move of its capital from Kandahar to Kabul. The Durrani Empire was a state in present day Afghanistan. ... For the 2001 movie by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, see Kandahar (film). ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ...

Timur died in 1793, and was then succeeded by his fifth son Zaman Shah. Zaman Shah, the fifth son of Timur Shah was the Shah of Afghanistan from 1793 until 1801. ...

External links

• An old portrait of Timur Shah Durrani