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{{Short description|List of Viziers of the Durrani Empire 1747-1823/1839-1842}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = [[Grand vizier|Wazir]]
| body = the [[Durrani Empire]]
| insignia = File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.svg
| insigniasize = 150
| insigniacaption = '''Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani'''
| image =
| imagesize = 120px
| imagecaption =
| style = [[Vizier|Wazir]]
| residence =
| appointer = The [[List of heads of state of Afghanistan|Shah]]
| appointer_qualified =
| precursor =
| formation = 1747
| first = Shah Wali Khan
| last = [[Fateh Khan Barakzai]]
| abolished = 1823
| succession = List of Wazirs of the Emirate of Afghanistan
| salary =
| incumbent =
}}
{{Politics of Afghanistan}}
{{History of Afghanistan}}
This article lists the '''Wazirs of the Durrani Empire''' beginning from its rise in 1747 and ending with the empire's fall in 1823. The list also includes the brief [[First Anglo-Afghan War|interlude]] of [[Shah Shujah Durrani]] from 1839 to 1842.

==History==
The [[Durrani Empire]] was formed in 1747 following the death of [[Nader Shah]]. The empire was founded by [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], who began expanding the empire in all directions. Ahmad Shah would expand into [[Durrani Campaign to Khorasan (1754–55)|Khorasan]], [[Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani|Punjab]], and [[Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani|India]]. During this period of time, they would establish [[Viziers|Wazirs]], similar to the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Wazirs would often change with different rulers, especially during the succession crisis amongst [[Timur Shah Durrani]]'s sons. The killing of [[Fateh Khan Barakzai|Wazir Fateh Khan]] by [[Mahmud Shah Durrani]] led to the collapse of the [[Durrani Empire]]. [[Shah Shujah Durrani|Shah Shuja Durrani]] would be restored in 1839 in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], but he was eventually deposed and killed in 1842.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Jonathan |title=Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present |publisher=Reaktion Books |year=2019 |isbn=9781789140101 |pages=188 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=McChesney|first1=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QkzAQAAQBAJ|title=The History of Afghanistan (6 vol. set): Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh|last2=Khorrami|first2=Mohammad Mehdi|date=19 December 2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-23498-7|language=en}}</ref>

==Wazirs==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
|+
! colspan="2" |'''Wazir'''
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Shah
|-
!Portrait
!{{Small|Epithet}} Name {{Small|(Birth-Death)}}
!'''Took office'''
!'''Left office'''
!Time in office
|-
|[[File:Painting of Ahmad Shah Abdali and his grand wazir Shah Wali Khan, ca.1760's.jpg|107x107px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Shah Wali Khan'''
{{Nq|شاه والی خان}}
{{Smaller|(d. 1772)}}
| rowspan="2" |1747
| rowspan="2" |1772
| rowspan="2" |25 years
|'''[[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]'''
[[File:Portrait of Ahmad-Shah Durrani. Mughal miniature. ca. 1757, Bibliothèque nationale de France.jpg|111x111px]] {{Small|(1747–1772)}}
|-
|
| rowspan="4" |'''[[Timur Shah Durrani]]'''
[[File:Temur-Shah.jpg|150x150px]] {{Small|(1772–1793)}}
|-
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]
|'''[[Hajji Jamal Khan]]'''
{{Nq|حاجی جمال خان بارکزی}} {{Smaller|(1719–1772)}}
|1772
|1772
|1 year
|-
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]
|'''[[Rahimdad Khan]]'''
{{Nq|رحیمداد خان}} {{Smaller|(?)}}
|1772
|1774
|2 years
|-
|[[File:Sardar Payendah Khan Barakzai.jpg|107x107px]]
|'''[[Payandah Khan]]'''
{{Nq|پاینده خان بارکزی}} {{Smaller|(1758–1800)}}
|1774
|1793
|19 years
|-
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]
|'''[[Wafadar Khan]]'''
{{Nq|وفادار خان}}
{{Smaller|(d. 1801)}}
|1793
|1801
|8 years
|'''[[Zaman Shah Durrani]]'''
[[File:Emperor Zaman Shah Durrani of Afghanistan-cropped-3.jpg|107x107px]] {{Small|(1793–1801)}}
|-
|
|'''[[Fateh Khan Barakzai]]'''
{{Nq|فتح خان بارکزی}} {{Smaller|(1777–1818)}}
|1801
|1803
|2 years
|'''[[Mahmud Shah Durrani]]'''
[[File:Mahmud Shah Durrani.jpg|107x107px]] {{Small|First reign (1801–1803)}}
|-
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]
|'''Mukhtar al-Daula'''
{{Nq|مختار الدوله}} {{Smaller|(d. 1808)}}
|1803
|1808
|5 years
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Shah Shuja Durrani]]'''
[[File:Lithograph of Shah Shujah in 1843.jpg|150x150px]] {{Small|(1803–1809)}}
|-
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]
|'''Akram Khan'''
{{Nq|اکرم خان}} {{Smaller|([[Battle of Nimla (1809)|d. 1809]])}}
|1808
|1809
|1 year
|-
|
|'''[[Fateh Khan Barakzai]]'''
{{Nq|فتح خان بارکزی}} {{Smaller|(1777–1818)}}
|1809
|1818
|9 years
|'''[[Mahmud Shah Durrani]]'''
[[File:Mahmud Shah Durrani.jpg|107x107px]] {{Small|Second reign (1809–1818)}}
|-
|[[File:Sin foto.svg|107x107px]]
|'''Civil war'''
{{Nq|جنگ داخلی}} {{Smaller|(1818–1823)}}
|1818
|1823
|5 years
|'''Civil war'''
[[File:Sin foto.svg|107x107px]] {{Small|(Civil war)}}
|-
|[[File:Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png|107x107px]]
|'''Mullah Shakar'''
{{Nq|ملا شکر}} {{Smaller|(?)}}
|1839
|1840
|1 year
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Shah Shuja Durrani]]'''
[[File:Lithograph of Shah Shujah in 1843.jpg|150x150px]] {{Small|Second reign (1839–1842)}}
|-
|[[File:Usman Khan, Shah Shuja Durrani Wazir.png|150x150px]]
|'''Mohammad Osman Khan'''
{{Nq|محمد عثمان خان}} {{Smaller|(1798–1865)}}
|1840
|1842
|2 years
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of heads of state of Afghanistan]]
*[[Durrani Empire]]
*[[Vizier]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Viziers]]
[[Category:People from the Durrani Empire]]
[[Category:Afghanistan history-related lists|Durrani Wazirs]]
[[Category:Grand viziers]]

List of Durrani Wazirs - Revision history

GlenDoolittle2 at 00:09, 21 February 2026