List of heads of state of Afghanistan
Royal heads of state

List of heads of state of Afghanistan

Section Title: Royal heads of state
Table Section Text: None

Name	Birth–Death	Reign start	Reign end	Dynasty

Hotak Empire (1709–1738)

Mirwais Hotak	-	1673–1715	1709	1715	Hotak

Emir

Abdul Aziz Hotak	-	Died 1717	1715	1717	Hotak

Emir; Brother of Mirwais Hotak

Mahmud Hotak	-	1697–1725	1717	22 April 1725	Hotak

Emir; Son of Mirwais Hotak

Ashraf Hotak	-	Died 1730	22 April 1725	1730	Hotak

Emir; Nephew of Mirwais Hotak

Hussain Hotak	-	Died 1738	1730	24 March 1738	Hotak

Emir; Son of Mirwais Hotak

Durrani Empire (1747–1823)

Ahmad Shah Durrani	-	1722–1772	October 1747	16 October 1772	Durrani

Emir

Timur Shah Durrani	-	1748–1793	16 October 1772	18 May 1793	Durrani

Emir; Son of Ahmad Shah Durrani

Zaman Shah Durrani	-	1770–1844	18 May 1793	25 July 1801	Durrani

Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Deposed

Mahmud Shah Durrani	-	1769–1829	25 July 1801	13 July 1803	Durrani

Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; First Reign; Deposed

Shuja Shah Durrani	-	1785–1842	13 July 1803	3 May 1809	Durrani

Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; First Reign; Deposed

Mahmud Shah Durrani	-	1769–1829	3 May 1809	1818	Durrani

Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Second Reign; Deposed

Ali Shah Durrani	-	1818	1819	Durrani

Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Deposed

Ayub Shah Durrani	-	Died 1837	1819	1823	Durrani

Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Deposed

Emirate of Afghanistan (1823–1926)

Dost Mohammad Khan	-	1793–1863	1823	2 August 1839	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Sardar Payenda Khan; First Reign; Exiled

Shuja Shah Durrani	-	1785–1842	7 August 1839	5 April 1842	Durrani

Emir; Son of Timur Shah Durrani; Second Reign; Assassinated

Wazir Akbar Khan	-	1816–1845	5 April 1842	1845	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan

Dost Mohammad Khan	-	1793–1863	1845	9 June 1863	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Sardar Payenda Khan; Second Reign

Sher Ali Khan	-	1825–1879	9 June 1863	1865	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan; First Reign; Deposed

Mohammad Afzal Khan	-	1811–1867	1865	7 October 1867	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan

Mohammad Azam Khan	-	Died 1868	7 October 1867	21 February 1868	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan

Sher Ali Khan	-	1825–1879	7 October 1868	21 February 1879	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Dost Mohammad Khan; Second Reign

Ayub Khan	-	1857–1914	12 October 1879	31 May 1880	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Sher Ali Khan; Deposed

Abdur Rahman Khan	-	1840/1844–1901	31 May 1880	1 October 1901	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Mohammad Afzal Khan

Habibullah Khan	-	1872–1919	1 October 1901	20 February 1919	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Abdur Rahman Khan; Assassinated

Nasrullah Khan	-	1874–1920	20 February 1919	28 February 1919	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Abdur Rahman Khan; Deposed

Amanullah Khan	-	1892–1960	28 February 1919	9 June 1926	Barakzai

Emir; Son of Habibullah Khan

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973)

Amanullah Khan	-	1892–1960	9 June 1926	14 January 1929	Barakzai

King; Son of Habibullah Khan; Deposed

Inayatullah Khan	-	1888–1946	14 January 1929	17 January 1929	Barakzai

King; Son of Habibullah Khan; Abdicated

Habibullāh Kalakāni	-	1891–1929	17 January 1929	16 October 1929	Non-Dynastic

King; Seized the throne during the 1928–29 civil war; Deposed and executed

Ali Ahmad Khan	-	1883–1929	17 January 1929	9 February 1929	Non-Dynastic

King; Rose in opposition to Kalakāni during the 1928–29 civil war; Captured and executed

Mohammed Nadir Shah	-	1883–1933	16 October 1929	8 November 1933	Barakzai

King; Grandnephew of Dost Mohammed Khan; Assassinated

Mohammed Zahir Shah	-	1914–2007	8 November 1933	17 July 1973	Barakzai

King; Son of Mohammed Nadir Shah; Deposed

Sentence(s)

Shuja Shah Durrani ascended to the throne as King of Afghanistan on July 13, 1803.

final_sentence: Shuja Shah Durrani ascended to the throne as King of Afghanistan on July 13, 1803.