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Also Known As Shojāʿ-ul-Mulk • Shujāʿ Mirza • Shāh Shujāʿ • Shujāʿ-ul-Mulk • Shojāʿ Mirza
Born 1780
Died April 1842 (aged 62) • Kabul • Afghanistan
Title / Office king (1839-1842), Afghanistan • king (1803-1810), Afghanistan
Role In Anglo-Afghan Wars • First Anglo-Afghan War

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