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Bārakzai (singular: Bārakzay) is a common ethnic name among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan and western Pakistan and among the Balochistanis of southwestern Iran. There are seven distinct Pashtun tribes named Bārakzai, with the Zīrak branch of the Durrani tribe being the most important and largest tribe with over 4 million people.¹

Barakzai dynasty of Afghanistan

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.

The Emirate of Afghanistan

• Emir Dost Mohammad Khan (1818 - August 1839)
• Emir Dost Mohammad Khan (December 1842 - June 9, 1863)
• Emir Sher Ali Khan (June 12, 1863 - May 5, 1866
• Emir Mohammad Afzal Khan (May 5, 1866 - October 7, 1867)
• Emir Sher Ali Khan (October 7, 1867 - February 21, 1879)
• Emir Mohammad Yaqub Khan (February 21, 1879 - October 28, 1879)
• Emir Abdur Rahman Khan (August 11, 1880 - October 3, 1901)

The Kingdom of Afghanistan

• King Habibullah Khan (October 3, 1901 - February 20, 1919)
• King Amanullah Khan (February 28, 1919 - January 14, 1929)
• King Inayatullah Khan (January 14, 1929 - January 17, 1929)
• King Mohammed Nadir Shah (October 17, 1929 - November 8, 1933)
• King Mohammed Zahir Shah (November 8, 1933 - July 17, 1973)

Heads of the House of Barakzai since 1973

• King Mohammad Zahir Shah (July 17, 1973 - July 23, 2007)
• Crown Prince Ahmad Shah (July 23, 2007 - Present)

The Emirate of Western Baluchistan

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

References

External links

• http://www.khyber.org/pashtotribes/b/barakzai.shtml