ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SH&#256H SHUJ&#256 (1780-1842)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="SHH,SHUJ,Person,Person"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279SH&#256H SHUJ&#256' (1780-1842) or Shuj&#257' ul-Mulk, the King of K&#257bul, was the youngest son of Taim&#363r Sh&#257h and grandson of Ahmad Sh&#257h Durr&#257n&#299. Sh&#257h Zam&#257n, his elder brother, appointed him governor of Pesh&#257war. In 1800, Sh&#257h Zam&#257n was defeated and dethroned by his half-brother, Sh&#257h Mahm&#363d, but Sh&#257h Shuj&#257' defeated Sh&#257h Mahm&#363d in 1803 and occupied the throne of K&#257bul. In 1809, Sh&#257h Mahm&#363d again rose to power and defeated Sh&#257h Shuj&#257'. In February 1810, Sh&#257h Shuj&#257' escaped towards the Punjab. Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh received him with honour at S&#257h&#299v&#257l and provided him with a residence at R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299. The Sh&#257h seized Pesh&#257war in March 1810, only to be expelled within six months by Muhammad 'Az&#299m <u>Kh</u>&#257n B&#257rakza&#299. He captured Pesh&#257war a second time, but as he tried to take Attock in 1812, he was apprehended by Jah&#257&#7749d&#257d <u>Kh</u>&#257n and sent to Sr&#299nagar where he remained in the custody of 'At&#257 Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the governor of Kashm&#299r. Soon afterwards, Fateh <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the waz&#299r of Afghanistan, jointly with the Sikh forces invaded Kashm&#299r. At Sr&#299nagar, the Sikh commander, D&#299w&#257n Muhkam Chand, had Sh&#257h Shuj&#257' released from captivity and brought him to Lahore in March 1813. Here he was forced to surrender to Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh the celebrated diamond Koh-i-N&#363r which his wife, Waf&#257 Begam, had promised to give the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 if he would have him rescued from the clutches of 'At&#257 Muhammad <u>Kh</u>&#257n. In April 1815 disguised as a Muslim faquir, the Sh&#257h escaped from Lahore and, after wandering around for many months, reached Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 in September 1815. The British government settled upon Sh&#257h Shuj&#257' an allowance of 50,000 rupees per annum. From Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257, Sh&#257h Shuj&#257' made a few attempts to recover his throne at K&#257bul, but in vain. Ultimately, he was restored to his throne on 7 August 1839 as a result of the tripartite treaty entered into by him, the British government and Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. But he failed to establish himself in power. He was killed at the instance of Muhammad Akbar <u>Kh</u>&#257n on 5 April 1842, his family returnig to their old asylum in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <li class="C1"> Burnes, Alexander, <i>Cabool</i>. London, 1843<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>Ranjit Singh : Maharajah of the Punjab</i>. London, 1962<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Hasrat, Bikrama Jit, <i>Life and Times of Ranjit Singh</i>. Nabha, 1971<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Har&#299 R&#257m Gupta<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>