Zamān Shāh

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Zamān Shāh

emir of Afghanistan

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Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
…faced with an invasion by Zamān Shah, ruler (1793–1800) of Kabul (Afghanistan), he utilized his envoy, Captain (later Sir) John Malcolm, to induce Fatḥ ʿAlī Shah of Persia (ruled 1797–1834) to restrain Zamān Shah and to give British political and commercial interests preference over the French. On receiving a British…
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…faced with an invasion by Zamān Shah, ruler (1793–1800) of Kabul (Afghanistan), he utilized his envoy, Captain (later Sir) John Malcolm, to induce Fatḥ ʿAlī Shah of Persia (ruled 1797–1834) to restrain Zamān Shah and to give British political and commercial interests preference over the French. On receiving a British…
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Afghanistan
Zamān Shah (1793–1800)
After the death of Tīmūr in 1793, his fifth son, Zamān, seized the throne with the help of Sardār Pāyenda Khan, a chief of the Bārakzay. Zamān then turned to India with the object of repeating the exploits of Aḥmad Shah. This…
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After the death of Tīmūr in 1793, his fifth son, Zamān, seized the throne with the help of Sardār Pāyenda Khan, a chief of the Bārakzay. Zamān then turned to India with the object of repeating the exploits of Aḥmad Shah. This…
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