Qais habibi biography definition

1818–1978 ruling dynasty of Afghanistan

The Barakzai dynasty (Pashto: بارکزایی, "Sons of Barak"), also known as the Muhammadzai dynasty ("the ruling sub-clan of the Barakzai"),^[1][2][3][4] ruled what is now Afghanistan from 1823 to 1978, when the monarchy ended de jure under MusahibanMohammad Zahir Shah and de facto under his cousin Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan.

The Barakzai dynasty was established by Dost Mohammad Khan after the Durrani dynasty 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]

History and background

Ancestral background

The Barakzai claim descent from the children of Israel in a direct line through the first Israeli King Saul, whose family intermarried with the family of his succ