Draft:Afghan Civil War (1793-1863)

Afghan Civil War (1793-1863)
Date1793-1863
Location
Result

Dissolution of the Durrani Empire,

Belligerents

Sadozai Line
Durrani Empire (1793-1823)
Emirate of Herat (1793-1863)
Shuja ul-Mulk's Kingdom (1839-1842)
Sadozai Loyalists
Supported by  British Empire

Barakzai Line
Emirate of Afghanistan (1823-1863)
Principality of Qandahar (1818-1855)
Barakzai Loyalists
Outer lying States
Maimana Khanate
Sar-I-Pul
Khulm
Andkhui
Balkh
Mazar-I-Sharif
Qunduz Khanate
Behsud
Bamiyan
Taymanis
Sheikh Ali Hazaras
Peshawar Sardars
Badakhshan
Dai Kundi Hazaras
Dai Zangi Hazaras
Commanders and leaders
Zaman Shah Durrani 1793-1801  (WIA) Mahmud Shah Durrani (first reign) 1801-1803
Shah Shuja Durrani (first reign) 1803-1809
Mahmud Shah Durrani (second reign) 1809-1818
Ali Shah Durrani 1818-1819  X
Ayub Shah Durrani 1819-1823
Shah Shuja Durrani 1839-1842  X
British Empire Robert Peel
British Empire William Lamb
Lord Auckland
British Empire William Elphinstone 
William Hay Macnaghten 
Sir Henry William Barnard
John Keane
John Connolly 
Sir Willoughby Cotton
George Pollock
Henry Marion Durand
Robert Sale
John Shelton (POW)
Robert Salusbury Trevor 
Mir Wali of Khulm (August 1840-November 1841)
Dost Mohammad Khan (1826-1863)
Sultan Mohammad Khan 1823-1826
Fateh Khan Barakzai  Executed
Wazir Akbar Khan
Akram Khan
Afzal Khan
Amin Khan
Azam Khan
Sher Ali Khan
Haidar Khan
Herat:
Mahmud Shah Durrani (first reign) 1793-1797
Firuz-Al-Din Sadozai (first reign) 1801-1818
Mahmud Shah Durrani (second reign) 1818-1824
Firuz-Al-Din Sadozai (second reign) 1824  X
Mahmud Shah Durrani 1824 (third reign)
Mustafa Khan 1824  Executed
Mahmud Shah Durrani 1824-1829 (fourth reign)
Kamran Shah Durrani 1829-1842  X Yar Mohammad Khan Alakozai (1842-1851)
Sa'id Mohammad Khan Alakozai 1851-1855  X
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mohammad Yusuf bin Malik Qasim Sadozai 1855-1856  Executed
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 'Isa Khan Bardurrani (1856)  Executed
Sultan Ahmad Khan 1857-1863
Shah Navaz Khan 1863  

The Afghan Civil War (1793-1863) TBD

Background edit

War between Zaman Shah and Mahmud Shah Durrani (1793-1801) edit

Execution of Payindah Khan Barakzai edit

Mahmud Shah's reign and Civil War with Shah Shuja (1801-1803) edit

Shah Shuja's first reign and Civil War (1801-1809) edit

Mahmud Shah's second reign and Civil War (1809-1818) edit

Execution of Fateh Khan Barakzai edit

Rise of the Barakzais (1818-1826) edit

Sultan Mohammad Khan's reign in Kabul (1823-1826) edit

Coup of Dost Mohammad Khan (1826) edit

Reign of Dost Mohammad Khan (1826-1863) edit

Aftermath edit