The Barakzai dynasty was established by Dost Mohammad Khan after the Durrani Empire of Ahmad Shah Durrani was removed from power. As the Pahlavi era in Iran, the Muhammadzai era was known for its progressivist modernity, practice of Sufism, peaceful security and neutrality, in which Afghanistan was referred to as the "Switzerland of Asia". [5]

Bārakzai (Pashto: بارکزی, romanized: Bārakzay, plur. بارکزي, Bārakzī) is the name of a Pashtun tribe from present-day Kandahar, Afghanistan. '"Barakzai" is a common name among the Pashtuns and it means "son of Barak " in Pashto. [1]

Bārakzay dynasty, ruling family in Afghanistan in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Bārakzay brothers seized control of Afghanistan and in 1826 divided the region between them. Dōst Moḥammad Khan gained preeminence and founded the dynasty about 1837.

imperial mode of government that characterized the Durrani dynasty and empire. Unable to preserve the empire, the Barakzai divided the country into a series of competing principalities, which fought one another.

The Barakzai dynasty (Pashto: بارکزایی, "Sons of Barak"), also known as the Muhammadzai dynasty ("the ruling sub-clan of the Barakzai "), ruled what is now Afghanistan from 1823 to 1978, when the monarchy ended de jure under Musahiban Mohammad Zahir Shah and de facto under his cousin Mohammad Daoud Khan.

Chief of the Barakzai clan with the title of Sultan Muhammad Barakzai 1771-1774, Chief of the Royal Secretariat 1774. He had issue, eight sons and two daughters:

Oct 2, 2024 · The Barakzai dynasty was the line of rulers in Afghanistan in the 19th and 20th centuries. Following the fall of the Durrani Empire in 1826, chaos reigned in the domains of Ahmed Shah Durrani's Afghan Empire as various sons of Timur Shah struggled for supremacy.

Apr 9, 2020 · Barakzai, though a very large clan, decided to give way to their fellow Durrani Pashtuns – the Sadozai – to establish the first ruling dynasty of the Empire. They then served as powerful allies and servants of the Sadozai monarchs until the dawn of the 19th century.

1795, fifteenth son of Sardar Payinda Khan Muhammadzai, Sarafraz Khan, by his third wife, an ‘Alikozai lady - see Afghanistan ( Barakzai ). Became Chief Minister and Regent with the title of Wazir-i-Azam, after the resignation of his elder brother Yar Muhammad Khan, 1825.

May 26, 2021 · The two branches of the Barakzai dynasty (Pashto: بارک‌زایی‎, "sons of Barak") ruled modern day Afghanistan from 1823 to 1973 when the monarchy ended under Musahiban Mohammed Zahir Shah.