Barakzai (tribes)

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Bārakzai (singular: Bārakzay) is a common ethnic name among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan and western Pakistan and among the Baloch of southwestern Iran. There are seven distinct Pashtun tribes named Bārakzai, with the Zīrak branch of the Durrani tribe being the most important.[1]

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[edit] Barakzai dynasty of Afghanistan

Barakzai dynasty
of Afghanistan
Country: Afghanistan
Titles: Emir, King
Founder: Dost Mohammad Khan
Final ruler: Mohammad Zahir Shah
Current head: Crown Prince Ahmad Shah
Founding year: 1818
Dissolution: 1973
Ethnicity: Pashtun

The "Barakzai Dynasty" was the line of rulers in Afghanistan in the 19th and 20th centuries. Following the fall of the Durrani Empire in 1818, chaos reigned in the domains of Ahmed Shah Durrani's empire as various sons of Timur Shah struggled for supremacy. Afghanistan temporarily ceased to exist as a single nation, disintegrating for a brief time into a fragmented collection of small units. Dost Mohammad Khan gained preeminence in 1826 and founded the dynasty about 1837. Thereafter, his descendants ruled in direct succession until 1929, when King Amanullah Khan abdicated and his cousin Mohammed Nadir Shah was elected king. The most prominent subclan of the Barakzai Pashtun tribe is the Mohamedzai (Mohammadzai) clan, of which the several last kings had come from, including Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan.

[edit] The Emirate of Afghanistan

[edit] The Kingdom of Afghanistan

[edit] Heads of the House of Barakzai since 1973

[edit] The Emirate of Western Baluchistan

  • Bahram Khan Barkzai (Baranzahi) (1903 - 1919)
  • Mir Dost Mohmmad Khan Baranzahi (Barakzai) (1919 - 1928)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Balland, D. "BĀRAKZĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online Edition). United States: Columbia University. 

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