Durrani Dynasty Taimur Shah Kashmir RY 16 1204 AH

Description

Timur Shah Durrani
, (
Pashto
,
Persian
,
Urdu
,
Arabic
:
تیمور شاہ درانی
; 1748 – May 18, 1793) was the second ruler of the
Durrani Empire
, from 4 June 1772 until his death in 1793.
[5]
An ethnic
Pashtun
, he was the second child and eldest son of
Ahmad Shah Durrani
.
Timur Shah himself left twenty-four sons,
[7]
and the succession struggle that followed his death began the process of undermining the authority of the Durrani authority.
[7]
Under Timur Shah's eventual successor,
Zaman Shah Durrani
, the empire disintegrated.
[7]
In 1797 Shah Zaman, like his father and grandfather before him, decided to revive his fortunes and fill his treasuries by ordering a full-scale invasion of
Hindustan
.
[7]
Timur Shah prided himself on being a man of taste. He revived the formal gardens of the
Bala Hisar Fort
in Kabul, first constructed by
Shah Jahan
's Governor of Kabul.
[10]
In this endeavour, he was inspired by his senior wife, Gauhar-un-Nissa Begum, a
Mughal
princess, the daughter of Emperor
Alamgir II
,
[11]
who had grown up in the Delhi
Red Fort
with its remarkable courtyard.
[7]
Furthermore, like his Mughal in-laws, he had a talent for dazzling display, such as in the way he dressed and groomed himself. The conflict between his sons
Mahmud Shah Durrani
,
Zaman Shah Durrani
, and
Shah Shujah Durrani
continued after his death.
Timur Shah died in 1793 and was initially succeeded by his fifth son,
Zaman Shah Durrani
, before a series of civil wars fracturing the empire carried out by numerous other sons.
[12]
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His
tomb
is located in Kabul.