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	Maharaja Ranjit Singh : In The North-West Frontier province
		The offer of Barakzais was accepted but the Maharaja sent a force of 12000 men under the command of Prince Kharak Singh, Missar Dewan Chand and Sardar Nalwa and ordered to cross the Indus river to ensure the implementation of the terms.
		With the occupation of Peshawar by the Sikhs, the unity of the Barakzai family was broken into pieces.
		The Sikhs never trusted the Barakzais and were being paid the tribute under coercion and threats, they raised a cry of Jehad and vowed to fight against the Sikhs whom they called infidels.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1441 (2423 words)

	Afghanistan (1911 Encyclopedia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He left twenty-three sons, of whom the fifth, Zaman Mirza, by help of Payindah Khan, head of the Barakzai family of the Abdalis, succeeded in grasping the royal power.
		The Barakzai brothers united to avenge Fatteh Khan.
		The Saddozais were driven from Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar, and with difficulty reached Herat (1818).
	www.theezine.net /a/afghanistan-1911-encyclopedia-.html (7178 words)

	Afghanistan/Article from the 1911 Encyclopedia - Wikipedia
		The viceroy of India, Lord Lytton, on hearing of his reappearance, instructed the political authorities at Kabul to communicate with him.
		The province of Kandahar was severed from the Kabul dominion; and the sirdar Shere Ali Khan, a member of the Barakzai family, was installed by the British representative as its independent ruler.
		For the second time in the course of this war a conclusive settlement of Afghan affairs seemed now to have been attained; and again, as in 1879, it was immediately dissolved.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan/Article_from_the_1911_Encyclopedia (7185 words)

	Afghanistan - History
		He left twenty-three sons, of whom the fifth, Zaman Mirza, by help of Payindah Khan, head of the Barakzai family of the Abdalis, succeeded in grasping the royal power.
		The malignity of Kamran, the worthless son of Mahmud, succeeded in making the king jealous of his minister; and with matchless treachery, ingratitude, and cruelty, the latter was first blinded, and afterwards murdered with prolonged torture, the brutal Kamran striking the first blow.
		The Barakzai brothers united to avenge Fatteh Khan.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/AFG/afghanistan-20.html (3291 words)

	Afghanistan/Article from the 1911 Encyclopedia
		The Saddozais were driven from Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar, and with difficulty reached Herat (1818).
		The province of Kandahar was severed from the Kabul dominion; and the sirdar Shere Ali Khan, a member of the Barakzai family, was installed by the British representative as its independent ruler.
		For the second time in the course of this war a conclusive settlement of Afghan affairs seemed now to have been attained; and again, as in 1879, it was immediately dissolved.
	jenson.fastload.org /af/Afghanistan___Article_from_the_1911_Encyclopedia.html (7233 words)

	Durani - LoveToKnow 1911
		The Duranis number 100,000 fighting men, and have two branches, the Zirak and the Panjpai.
		To the former section belong the Popalzai, Alikozai, Barakzai and Achakzai; and to the latter the Nurzai, Alizai,.
		The Saddozai clan of the Popalzai Duranis furnished the first independent shahs of the Durani dynasty (A.D. 1747), the Barakzais furnishing the amirs.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Durani (210 words)

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		The Duranis number 1oo,000 fighting men, and have two branches, the Zirak and the Panjpai.
		To the former section belong the Popalzai, Alikozai, Barakzai and Achakzai; and to the latter the Nurzai, Alizai, Isakzai, Khokani and Maku tribes.
		The line of the shahs was overthrown in the third generation (A.D. 1834), after a protracted period of anarchy and dissension, which broke out on the death in A.D. 1773 of Ahmad Shah Durani, the founder of Afghan national independence.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=21780&locale=en (236 words)

	Family Tree DNA Forum - Help in understanding my results
		Karzai is Popalzai while Zahir Shah is Barakzai; however, both belong to the prestigious Durrani clan.
		The Abdali are divided into two branches: (a) The Zirak, who, especially in the region of Qandahar, include the clans of the Popalzai, the Alikozai, the Barakzai, and the Achakzai.
		Mohammad Zaher Shah, was a Mohammadzai of the clan of the Barakzai.
	www.familytreedna.com /forum/showthread.php?p=8070 (732 words)

	Durand Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Durrani dynasty in accordance with the theory of Ibn-e-Khaledun the great historian came to an end after three generations when Ahmad Shah Durrani’s grand son Shah Shuja was assassinated in Kabul in 1842 after the First Afghan War.
		The Durranis were followed by the Mohammadzais or Barakzais which dynasty commenced with Sardar Paindah Khan the Prime Minister’s son Amir Dost Mohammad Khan.
		The Mohammadzais or Barakzais to enhance their claim to the throne of Kabul tried to marry their sons in the Durrani families.
	www.khyberwatch.com /durandline3.htm (3961 words)

	Opinion
		Ishaqzai (various clans), Barakzai, Popalzai, Alizai and Nurzai of Durrani stock and Hotaki, Tukhi, Taraki of Ghilzai stock as well as some Mohmand and Wardak are the main groups settled in north.
		The great majority of nomads are Pushtuns, which have been on the move both inside the country and in adjacent Pakistani areas.
		This meant that the local commander was joining a party not because he agreed with political or ideological stand of the party but because it was the only way to get the money and weapons.
	www.defencejournal.com /2003/mar/ethnic.htm (7161 words)

	Sipri Yearbook 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ishaqzai (various clans), Barakzai, Popalzai, Alizai and Nurzai of Durrani stock and Hotaki, Tukhi, Taraki of Ghilzai stock as well as some Mohmand and Wardak are the main groups settled in north.
		The great majority of nomads are Pushtuns, which have been on the move both inside the country and in adjacent Pakistani areas.
		This meant that the local commander was joining a party not because he agreed with political or ideological stand of the party but because it was the only way to get the money and weapons.
	www.paksearch.com /DJ/2003/Mar/ethnic.htm (7183 words)

	Zhob District :: Khyber.ORG
		Subsequently the area came under the rule of Nadir Shah from 1736 to 1747 and later Ahmed Shah Abdali from 1747 to 1773.
		Zhob remained under the rule of Durranis and Barakzais till British captured it.
		Preceding this event was a period of fifty years of anarchy when Zhob was dubbed as 'Yaghistan" or the land of the rebels.
	www.khyber.org /places/2005/ZhobDistrict.shtml (6207 words)

	DAWN - Features; January 27, 2002
		This legendary horse was known as Asp-i-Laila and belonged to the Barakzai tribe chiefs, either Dost Muhammad or Yar Muhammad, it is not clear from a number of records consulted.
		It was a pure Persian breed, jet fl in colour and a “sight to watch.” Its speed was legendary in the whole of the Khyber Pass, and what intrigued Maharajah Ranjit Singh was the fact that it was known for its intelligence.
		One account put it at Peshawar, while another stated that the Barakzais had heard of the interest of the maharajah from their agents in Lahore, and had shifted the horse to Kabul.
	www.dawn.com /2002/01/27/fea.htm (4168 words)

	NION:: Afghanistan Before the Age of Imperialism
		And while the fact that he had escaped the frenzied scene at the assassination of the "Persian Napoleon," Nadir Shah, with a few thousand well-trained cavalrymen and a chunk of Nadir's treasury probably didn't hurt his chances at being tapped for the throne, his heirs were the true beneficiaries.
		This led to predictable feelings of outrage and revolt, as did his attempt to consolidate power by biting the Barakzai hand that had supported his claims to the throne - he nepotistically inserted Sadozai family members in posts that should have gone, quid-pro-quo, to Barakzais.
		Two more Durranis ruled before Dost Mohammad Barakzai asserted control of the chaotic, thoroughly factionalized land, but they - Sultan Ali Shah (1818-1819) and Ayub Shah (1819-1823) - were unable to exert any kind of authority beyond shouting distance of the walls of Kabul.
	www.neverinournames.com /showDiary.do?diaryId=968 (4161 words)

	Glossary to the sources for the study of Afghanistan
		barakzai One of the nine subtribes of the Abdali; tribe to which the Muhammadzai clan, second dynasty of rulers of modern Afghanistan, belonged.
		Comes to mean those tribes not living in Afghanistan itself.
		payendah khel Descendants of Payendah Khan, head of the Muhammadzai branch of the Barakzai tribe during the reigns of Timur and Zeman Shah, who became rulers with the decline of the Saddozai dynasty.
	www.bl.uk /collections/afghan/afghanglossary.html (583 words)

	A History of Kashmiri Pandits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He gradually rose to the rank of a Colonel.
		He was second in command to General Hari Singh Nalwa when the latter wrested Peshawar from the Barakzais.
		But the Sikh Empire was a short lived affair.
	ikashmir.org /Kilam/chapter27.html (1012 words)

	part2_20
		After the conquest of Peshawar Sayyid Ahmed wanted to introduce an Islamic system of government, but the tribal chiefs realized that this would work against their authority.
		His hold was further weakened by opposition to social reforms that he had introduced, and the hostility of the Sikhs and their allies, the Barakzais.
		In November, 1830, he was forced to relinquish Peshawar in favor of Sultan Muhammad, the old governor, on the promised payment of a fixed tribute.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/ikram/part2_20.html (6130 words)

	apnaDera.com - Pride of the DeraWalz
		The Dera Ismail Khan tehsil has in addition to the Pathan tribes of Koh-e-Surkh a large mixed population of Baloch and Jat tribes who had migrated here from south and trans-Indus area.
		Dera Ismail Khan city has a large number of families referred to in the earlier documents as Mootani-Pathans, these are Alizais, Sadozais, Khawjakzais, Khakwanis and Barakzais.
		After partition over 8000 migrants from India mostly of Rajput stock were settled in Dera Ismail Khan.
	www.apnadera.com /DIKhan/TRIBES.HTM (93 words)

	A History of Kashmiri Pandits
		He gradually rose to the rank of a Colonel.
		He was second in command to General Hari Singh Nalwa when the latter wrested Peshawar from the Barakzais.
		But the Sikh Empire was a short lived affair.
	www.kashmir-information.com /Kilam/chapter27.html (1004 words)

	Vol 5-3
		The inhabitants are therefore put to great loss and inconvenience.
		The people of the outlying districts, especially the Barakzais and Duranis, have furnished very few tribal sowars and are showing signs of unwillingness to comply with the order.
		The Governor has ordered all the Durani Khans, even those who are not in receipt of any subsidy, to accompany him to Urzagan.
	www.hazara.net /hazara/History/Vol_5-1/Vol_5-3/vol_5-3.html (4254 words)

	Amazon.com: "Shah Mahmud": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		See all pages with references to "Shah Mahmud".
		the claims of the Muhammadzai Barakzais to leadership among the Durranis were as old as those of the Sadozais.
		Shah Mahmud, the last sovereign Sadozai ruler of Kabul, was deposed in 1818,...
	amazon.com /phrase/Shah-Mahmud (423 words)

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