Fateh Jang Durrani

Fateh Jang Durrani
فتح جنگ دراني
His Majesty, Grace of God, King Sultan Fath Jang the Brave, Abdali, Pearl of the Pearls, King of Afghanistan[a]
Prince Futty Jung, by Vincent Eyre (c. 1842)
Shah of the Durrani Empire
Reign5 April 1842 – 12 October 1842 (6 months and 1 week)
Coronation29 June 1842
Bala Hissar, Kabul, Durrani Empire
PredecessorShuja Shah Durrani
SuccessorShahpur Shah Durrani
Died(1855-06-25)25 June 1855
Ludhiana, British India
SpouseAga Begum Sahiba
Begum Jan
Khadija Begum
Kishtwar Sultan Begum
Thuke un-nisa Begum
Mubarak Sultan Begum
Sumbul Khanum
Bibi Jawahir Khanum
Khurdi Jan Khanum
Sahib Jan Khanum
IssueShujaat Jang
Unknown daughter
HouseDurrani
FatherShuja Shah Durrani
MotherWafa Begum
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
ConflictsFirst Anglo-Afghan War Surrendered

Fateh Jang Durrani,[b] also known as Fath Jang Shah, Prince Fatteh Jang,[1] and Prince Futty Jung, was briefly the ruler of Afghanistan following the death of his father, Shuja Shah Durrani.

Early life

Fateh Jang was born into a Sadozai family to his father Shuja Shah Durrani, and to his mother Wafa Begum of the Barakzai tribe, alongside his brothers Mohammad Akbar Mirza and Shahpur Mirza.

Reign

Despite his elder uterine brother Timur Mirza's position of being the heir apparent, Fateh Jang succeeded after the assassination of his father Shuja Shah Durrani on 5 April 1842. Jang was mostly an unpopular leader of his time due to his oppressive nature, and was known to sexually assault and personally rape members of his own garrison in Kandahar.[1]: 10 

Aware of no external assistance during his reign, Jang soon chose to abdicate and withdraw alongside George Pollock's retreating British forces, and was succeeded by his brother, Shahpur Shah Durrani, who held the throne briefly before being deposed by the request of Mohammad Akbar Khan's nobles, being replaced by Dost Mohammad Khan.[2][3] Jang was given a residency in Punjab, British Raj.

Notes

  1. ^ Persian: اعلی حضرت عنایت الهی پادشاه سلطان فتح جنگ بهادر ابدالی در دران پادشاه افغانستان, romanized: A'lā Hazrat Ināyat-i Ilāhī Pādishāh Sultān Fatih Jang Bahādur Abdālī Durr-i Durrān, Pādishāh-i Afghānistān
  2. ^
    • Pashto: فتح جنگ دراني, romanized: Fath Jang Durrāni [pä.t̪i/fä.t̪i(h) d͡ʒäŋg d̪u(ɾ).ɾɑ.ni]
    • Persian: فتح جنگ درانی, romanized: Fath Jang Durrānī [fä.t̪ʰɪ(ʱ) d͡ʒäŋɡ d̪ʊɾ.ɾɑː.níː]

References

  1. ^ a b Dalrymple, William (2014). Return of A King The Battle for Afghanistan. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781408831595.
  2. ^ Lee, Jonathan L. (15 January 2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.
  3. ^ "AFGHANISTAN x. Political History". Encyclopedia Iranica. Meanwhile, Shah Šoǰāʿ, having lost British protection, was put to death on 23 Ṣafar 1258/5 April 1842. His son Fatḥ Jang declared himself king but finally decided to abdicate and retreat with Pollock's army. He left on the throne one of his brothers, Šāhpūr, who remained there only as long as it took Dōst Moḥammad to return to the capital (1259/1843).
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