Mahmud Shah Durrani

Mahmud Shah Durrani
محمود شاه درانی
King, Pearl of the Pearls
Portrait of Mahmud Shah, 1818
Shah of the Durrani Empire
1st reign25 July 1801 – 13 July 1803
PredecessorZaman Shah Durrani
SuccessorShuja Shah Durrani
2nd reign3 May 1809 – 1818
PredecessorShuja Shah Durrani
SuccessorAli Shah Durrani
Emir of Herat
Reign1818 – 1826
SuccessorKamran Shah Durrani
Bornc. 1769
Kabul, Durrani Empire
Died18 April 1829 (aged about 60)
Herat, Emirate of Afghanistan
DynastyDurrani
FatherTimur Shah Durrani
MotherUnnamed Yusufzai lady
ReligionSunni Islam

Mahmud Shah Durrani (born Mahmud Mirza Durrani; c. 1769 – 18 April 1829) was the fourth ruler of the Durrani Empire. He reigned from 1801 to 1803 and again from 1809 to 1818. From 1818 to 1829, he ruled Herat. He belonged to the Sadozai branch of the Popalzai subclan of the Durrani Pashtuns. He was the son of Timur Shah Durrani and the grandson of Ahmad Shah Durrani.