The Barakzai dynasty, also known as the Muhammadzai dynasty, ruled what is now Afghanistan from 1818 to 1978, when the monarchy ended de jure under Musahiban Mohammad Zahir Shah and de facto under his
Emir Habibullah Khan, member of the Seraj cadet branch and Emir of Afghanistan
Sultan Mohammed Khan Telai (1792–1834). Regent of Kabul and of Peshawar; Son of Sardar Payendah Khan, brother of Dost Mohammad Khan.
Loynab Shir Dil Khan Shaghasi' son of Shaghasi Mirdaad Khan Barakzai, grand son of Bazar Khan Barakzai, and great-grandson of Sardar Yasin Khan Barakzai. Işik Aqasi (Minister of the Royal Court "Chemberlain") to Dost Mohammad Khan 1856, and Sher Ali Khan. Regional Sardar, Governor of Turkistan and Balkh, and the first and only Loynaad of Afghanistan during the Barakzai dynasty.
Field Marshal Wazir Abdul Aziz Khan Shaghasi. Minister of war and interior affairs under King Amanullah Khan.
Mohammad Daoud Khan, also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan, was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973
Barakzai dynasty
…ruled what is now Afghanistan from 1818 to 1978, when the monarchy ended de jure under Musahiban Mohammad Zahir Shah and de facto under his cousin Mohammad Daoud Khan. The Barakzai dynasty was established by Dost Mohammad Khan after the Durrani Empire of Ahmad Shah Durrani was removed from power. Alleged Israelite…
Daoud Khan visiting National Iranian Radio and Television in Iran, c. 1974.
Outside the front gates of the Arg (the presidential palace, formerly the chief royal palace) in Kabul, the day after the Saur Revolution (28 April 1978)