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List of rulers of Kandahar

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List of Afghan Rulers in present-day Afghanistan with capital at Kandahar

Term Incumbent Notes
Shahs (Kings)
Saddozay Dynasty of Popalzay
July 1747 to 16 October 1772 Timur Shah Shah at Kabul
16 October 1772 to 1772 Solayman Shah
1772 to 18 May 1793 Timur Shah Shah at Kabul
18 May 1793 to 19 June 1793 Homayun Shah
19 June 1793 to 1801 Zaman Shah Shah at Kabul
July 1803 Mahmud Shah Shah at Kabul
1804 Shoja' al-Molk Shah Shah at Kabul
1804 to 1805 Kamran Shah
1805 to 1808 Shoja' al-Molk Shah Shah at Kabul
1808 to 1808 Mahmud Shah 1st Term
1808 to 1808 Qaysar Shah Shah at Kabul
1809 to 3 May 1809 Mahmud Shah 2nd Term
3 May 1809 to 1818 Mahmud Shah Shah at Kabul
1819 to 1826 Shirdil Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
1826 to 1839 Purdil Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
1829 to 1839 Kohan Dil Khan Mohammadzay (regent) 1st Term
April 1839 to 5 April 1842 Shoja' al-Molk Shah
May 1842 to 1842 Safdar Jang Khan Saddozay (regent)
1842 to August 1855 Kohan Dil Khan Mohammadzay (regent) 2nd Term
August 1855 to November 1855 Muhammad Sadiq Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
November 1855 to July 1858 Gholam Haydar Khan Mohammadzay (regent)
July 1858 to 9 June 1863 Dost Mohammad Khan Shah at Kabul
Emirs
Mohammadzay Dynasty of Barakzay
1863 to 1865 Mohammad Amin Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
1865 to January 1867 Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin 1st Term
January 1867 to 7 October 1867 Mohammad Afzal Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
7 October 1867 to April 1868 Mohammad A'zam Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin
April 1868 to 8 September 1868 Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin 2nd Term
8 September 1868 to 21 February 1879 Shir 'Ali Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin Shah at Kabul
12 October 1879 Mohammad Ya'qub Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin Shah at Kabul
1880 to 21 April 1881 Shir 'Ali Khan Barakzay, Amir al-Mo’menin (minister-regent)
21 April 1881 to 20 July 1881 Abdor Rahman Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin Shah at Kabul
20 July 1881 to 22 September 1881 Mohammad Ayyub Khan, Amir al-Mo’menin 2020-Current AFG Rasouly Kandahar Pacha,,