List of Afghan Rulers in present-day Afghanistan with capital at Kabul:
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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 Durrani
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|16 October 1772 to 18 May 1793||Timur Shah
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|23 May 1793 to 1801||Zaman Shah
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|25 July 1801 to July 1803||Mahmud Shah Durrani||1st Term
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|13 July 1803 to 1809||Shuja Shah Durrani||1st Term
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|3 May 1808 to 1808||Qaysar Shah||In rebellion
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|3 May 1809 to 1818 ||Mahmud Shah Durrani||2nd Term
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|1818 to 1819||Ali Shah Durrani
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|1819 to 1823||Ayub Shah
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|Mohammadzay dynasty of Barakzay
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|1823 to 1823||Habibollah Shah
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|1823 to 1826||Soltan Mohammad Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
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|1826 to 1836||Dost Mohammad Khan (regent)
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|Emir
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|Mohammadzay dynasty of Barakzay
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|1836 to 2 August 1839||Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin||1st Term
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|Shah (king)
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|Saddozay dynasty of Popalzay
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|8 May 1839 to 5 April 1842||Shuja Shah Durrani||2nd Term
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|1841 to April 1842||Mohammad Zaman Khan Mohammadzay (regent)||In rebellion
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|Emirs
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|Saddozay dynasty of Popalzay
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|29 June 1842 to 12 October 1842||Fath Jang Khan
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|12 October 1842 to December 1842||Shahpur Khan
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|Mohammadzay dynasty of Barakzay
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|December 1842 to 9 June 1863||Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin||2nd Term
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|1863 to May 1866||Sher Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin||1st Term
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|May 1866 to 7 October 1867||Mohammad Afzal Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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|7 October 1867 to 8 September 1868||Mohammad Azam Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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|8 September 1868 to 21 February 1879||Sher Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin||2nd Term
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|21 February 1879 to 12 October 1879||Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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|1879 to 31 March 1880||Mohammad Jan, Amir al-Mo’menin (minister-regent)
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|22 July 1880 to 3 October 1901||Abdor Rahman Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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See also
- Kabul Shahi (disambiguation)
- Jayapala