page_title: Ayub Shah Durrani
hierarchical_section_title: Ayub Shah Durrani
caption_attribution_description: English: AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. Ayyub Shah. Circa AH 1233-1241 / AD 1818-1826. AR Rupee (21mm, 10.37 g, 8h). Kabul mint. Dated AH 1237 and RY 3 (AD 1821). Album 3135; KM 468. VF, toned, minor edge flaws. Very rare.
context_page_description: Ayub Shah, son of Timur Shah, ruled Afghanistan from 1819 to 1823. He was an Afghan from the Pashtun ethnic group. He was the second oldest son of Timur Shah. He killed his brother Ali Shah for the throne. He only ruled two years, holding off his own brothers and the Barakzai and Indian tribes from nearby. He was imprisoned by the Barakzai and his brother took the throne. Shortly losing it to Barakzai.
  He was succeeded in 1823 by Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty.
context_section_description: Ayub Shah, son of Timur Shah, ruled Afghanistan from 1819 to 1823. He was an Afghan from the Pashtun ethnic group. He was the second oldest son of Timur Shah. He killed his brother Ali Shah for the throne. He only ruled two years, holding off his own brothers and the Barakzai and Indian tribes from nearby. He was imprisoned by the Barakzai and his brother took the throne. Shortly losing it to Barakzai.
  He was succeeded in 1823 by Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty.
caption: Coin of Ayyub Shah Durrani, minted in Kabul, dated 1821
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