List of Afghan Rulers in present-day Afghanistan with capital at Kandahar
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|Shahs (Kings)
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|Saddozay Dynasty of Popalzay
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|July 1747 to 16 October 1772||Timur Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|16 October 1772 to 1772||Solayman Shah
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|1772 to 18 May 1793||Timur Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|18 May 1793 to 19 June 1793||Homayun Shah
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|19 June 1793 to 1801||Zaman Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|July 1803||Mahmud Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|1804||Shoja' al-Molk Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|1804 to 1805||Kamran Shah
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|1805 to 1808||Shoja' al-Molk Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|1808 to 1808||Mahmud Shah||1st Term
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|1808 to 1808||Qaysar Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|1809 to 3 May||1809 Mahmud Shah||2nd Term
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|3 May 1809 to 1818||Mahmud Shah||Shah at Kabul
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|1819 to 1826||Shirdil Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
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|1826 to 1839||Purdil Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
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|1829 to 1839||Kohan Dil Khan Mohammadzay (regent)||1st Term
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|April 1839 to 5 April 1842||Shoja' al-Molk Shah
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|May 1842 to 1842||Safdar Jang Khan Saddozay (regent)
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|1842 to August 1855||Kohan Dil Khan Mohammadzay (regent)||2nd Term
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|August 1855 to November 1855||Muhammad Sadiq Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
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|November 1855 to July 1858||Gholam Haydar Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
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|July 1858 to 9 June 1863||Dost Mohammad Khan||Shah at Kabul
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|Emirs
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|Mohammadzay Dynasty of Barakzay
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|1863 to 1865||Mohammad Amin Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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|1865 to January 1867||Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin ||1st Term
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|January 1867 to 7 October 1867||Mohammad Afzal Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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|7 October 1867 to April 1868||Mohammad A'zam Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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|April 1868 to 8 September 1868||Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin ||2nd Term
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|8 September 1868 to 21 February 1879||Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin ||Shah at Kabul
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|12 October 1879||Mohammad Ya'qub Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin ||Shah at Kabul
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|1880 to 21 April 1881||Shir 'Ali Khan Barakzay, Amir al-Mo’menin (minister-regent)
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|21 April 1881 to 20 July 1881||Abdor Rahman Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin ||Shah at Kabul
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|20 July 1881 to 22 September 1881||Mohammad Ayyub Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
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