In October 1772, Ahmad Shah retired to his home in Kandahar where he died peacefully and was buried at a site that is now adjacent to the Shrine of the Cloak.
V októbri 1772 sa Ahmad Šáh stiahol do svojho domova v Kandaháre, kde v pokoji zomrel a bol spopolnený na mieste, ktoré dnes susedí so Svätyňou plášťa.