This article is about the Durrani tribe. For the Hashtnagar tribe in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, see Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar).
Mohammadzai (Pashto: محمدزی), also spelled Moḥammadzay (meaning "descendants of Mohammad"), is a Pashtun sub-tribe or clan of the Barakzai which is part of the Durrani confederacy of tribes.[1][2] They are primarily centered on Kandahar, Kabul and Ghazni in Afghanistan.[1] The Mohammadzai ruled Afghanistan from 1823 to 1978, for a total of 155 years. The monarchy ended under Mohammad Zahir Shah when his brother in law Sardar Daoud Khan took power via a coup.
Mohammadzai محمدزی
Dost Mohammad Khan, king of Afghanistan, and belonging to the Mohammadzai sub-tribe
Mohammadzai are the most prominent and powerful branch of the Durrani confederacy, and are primarily centered on Kandahar. They can also be found in other provinces throughout Afghanistan as well as across the border in present-day Pakistan.
The principal language of the Mohammadzai is Pashto, more specifically the Southern (Kandahari) dialect of Pashto. Dari is also used as the language for records and correspondence.[3][4][5]
PoliticsEdit
From 1823 to 1978, rulers of Afghanistan belonged to the two branches of one Barakzai dynasty descending from the chiefs of the Barakzai tribe (belonging to the Mohammadzai).
^ abAnne Brodsky (15 November 2014). "Narratives of Afghan Childhood:Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences That Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation". In Heath, Jonathan; Zahedi, Ashraf (eds.). Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace. University of Texas Press. p. 50. ISBN978-0292759312. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^Pakistan and the emergence of Islamic militancy in Afghanistan By Rizwan Hussain Page 16
^page 64 India and Central Asia By J. N. Roy, J.N. Roy And B.B. Kumar, Astha Bharati (Organization)
^Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Khyber.org (retrieved 30 January 2008)
^. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
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