Nawab Shuja Khan was the Durrani governor of Multan between 1767 and 1772.

A son of Zahid Khan, the Mughal Subedar of Multan, he had been appointed as governor of Multan by Ahmad Shah Abdali, however, was deposed and put into prison by Ali Mohammad Khan Khakwani.

Ultimately Khakwani was executed and Shuja Khan was confirmed on his position in 1767.

Shuja Khan retired to his newly built fort of Shujabad, where he died in 1776.

[3] He founded the Shujabad town in 1750 and built the fortification wall between 1767 and 1772.