List of Afghan Rulers in present-day Afghanistan with capital at Herat
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!Notes
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|Shahs (Kings)
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|Saddozay Dynasty of Popalzay
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|July 1747 to 16 October 1772||Ahmad Shah Dorr-e Dorran||Shah at Kabul
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|16 October 1772 to 18 May 1793||Timur Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|23 May 1793 to 1797||Zaman Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|1797 to 1797||Mahmud Shah||1st Term
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|1797 to 1801||Zaman Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|July 1803 to 1803||Mahmud Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|13 July 1803 to 1809||Shoja' al-Molk Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|3 May 1808 to 1808||Qaysar Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|3 May 1809 to 1818||Mahmud Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|1818 to 1819||Mahmud Shah||2nd Term
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|1819 to 1819||Shirdil Khan Mohammadzay||Shah at Kandahar
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|1819 to 1826||Mahmud Shah||3rd Term
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|1826 to March 1842||Kamran Shah
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|March 1842 to 1 June 1851||Yar Mohammad Khan Alikozay (minister-regent)
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|1 June 1851 to 15 September 1855||Sayyed Mohammad Khan Alikozay (minister-regent)
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|15 September 1855 to June 1856||Mohammad Yusuf Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
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|June 1856 to October 1856||Isa Khan Bardorani (minister-regent)
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| October 1856 to 27 July 1857||Naser ad-Din Qajar, Shahanshah of Iran||Iranian occupation
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|Emirs
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|Mohammadzay Dynasty of Barakzay
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|27 July 1857 to 26 May 1863||Soltan Ahmad Khan, Amir al-Mo'menin
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|26 May 1863 to 9 June 1863||Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir al-Mo'menin ||Emir at Kabul
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|9 June 1863 to 8 September 1868||Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo'menin
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|8 September 1868 to 21 February 1879||Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo'menin ||Emir at Kabul
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|21 February 1879 to 12 October 1879||Mohammad Ya`qub Khan, Amir al-Mo'menin ||Emir at Kabul
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|March 1880 to 2 October 1881||Mohammad Ayyub Khan
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