AFGHANISTAN

The Barakzai Dynasty

(Asifi, Sulaiman, Roqay)

GENEALOGY

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• H.E. Sardar Muhammad Asif Khan. b. 1866, second son of Sardar Yahya Khan, by his wife, Hamdan Sultana Begum, eldest daughter of Sardar Muhammad Akbar Khan Ghazi, sometime Chief Minister. Exiled to India 1879-1900, MSC 1900, PC 1900, Musahib to Amir 'Abdu'r Rahman and Habibu'llah Shah. m. (first) Zainab Begum, eldest daughter of Sardar Wali Muhammad Khan. m. (second) Murwarid Begum, a lady from the Babakar Khel tribe. m. (third) Hajira Begum, a Kashmiri lady. m. (fourth) Bibi Sanaubar, a Haziri consort. He d. 1926, having had issue:
  • 1) General H.H. Sardar Muhammad Sulaiman Khan. b. before 1880 (s/o Zainab). Military Sec. to Habibu'llah Shah 1914-1915, Governor of Herat 1915-1919, Governor of Badakshan 1928. m. Taj Sultana Begum, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan, by his third wife, Shamsi Begum, daughter of Malik Ghulam Siddiq. He d. September 1928, having had issue:
    • a) Colonel H.E. Sardar Ahmad 'Ali Khan. b. 1898. Cdt. Khan Aspor 1916, ADC to King Amanu'llah 1923, Governor of Jalalabad 1923-1924, Env. Ext. and Min. Plen. to France 1929-1931, and at the Court of St James's 1931, Minister for Education, Ambassador to Persia 1937-1939, Minister of the Royal Court 1953-1963. Rcvd: the Order of the Supreme Sun 1^st class. m. Mah Gul Begum [Mahbuba Khanum], second daughter of Crown Prince Musa Khan, by his wife, Masuma Begum, daughter Sardar Sher Muhammad Khan. He had issue, two sons:
      • i) Sardar 'Abdu'l 'Ali Khan Sulaiman. b. 4^th November 1926, educ. London Univ. m. Bibi 'Alia Jan Begum [Alia Ghazi], daughter of General H.R.H Sardar Shah Mahmud KhanGhazi, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Safurah Begum, Qamar ul-Bamat, daughter H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG. He has issue, three daughters:
        • (1) Bibi Dina Khanum [Dina Sulaiman]. b. 25^th October 1957. m. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 11^th September 1986, as his second wife, Massoud Etemadi (b. at Kabul, 12^th August 1955), former husband of Drana Ghazi, and son of H.E. Nur Ahmad Khan Etemadi, sometime Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, by his wife, ‘Alia Begum, daughter of Juma Khan – see Afghanistan (Etemadi).
        • (2) Bibi Zahra Khanum [Zahra Sulaiman]. m. Qais Rocay Sulaiman, eldest son of General H.E. ‘Abdu’llah Khan Rocay Sulaiman, by his wife, Amina Begum, third daughter of Colonel H.E. Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan, Minister of the Royal Court. She had issue, one daughter - see below.
        • (3) Bibi Fatima Khanum [Fatema Sulaiman]. b. 4^th June 1966. m. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 29^th May 1986, Habibu’llah Assadollah Seraj (b. 11^th August 1964), her maternal cousin, son of Dr Muhammad Omar Khan Assadollah Seraj, by his wife, Bibi Zahra Begum, youngest daughter of Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar-i-Ala Muhammad Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, sometime Prime Minister, Minister for War and C-in-C. He d. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 18^th January 2005, youngest daughter of Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar-i-Ala Muhammad Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, sometime Prime Minister, Minister for War and C-in-C.
      • ii) Sardar Muhammad 'Ali Khan Sulaiman. b. 17^th December 1935. m. Bibi Aisha Begum [Aiecha Assad Seraj], daughter of Major-General H.R.H Sardar Asadu’llah Khan Siraj, by his wife, Bibi Kaukaba Begum, daughter of General H.H. Sardar Muhammad Sulaiman Jan. He d. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 6^th December 2021, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
        • (1) Muhammad Nadir Sulaiman. b. 9^th March 1958. m. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 24^th June 1982, Khurshid Begum [Khorsheed Mahmud-Ghazi] (b. at Kabul, 1^st August 1960), second daughter of Major Sardar Shah ‘Abdu’l Azim Mahmud-Ghazi, by his wife, Bibi Zarmina Begum [Zarmina Naim], daughter of H.R.H. Sardar Muhammad Naim Khan. He had issue, three daughters:
        • (a) Zarmina Sulaiman. b. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 18^th December 1983. m. (first) at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 2^nd July 2005 (div.), Matthew Graves Vasquez. m. (second) 10^th April 2016, Jacob Warrenfeltz. She had issue, one son by her first husband and one son by her second husband.
        • (b) Oshila Nader Sulaiman. b. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 13^th February 1986. m. at Prince William, Virginia, USA, 25^th June 2011, Jared Anthony Shields (b. at Lynchburg, Virginia, USA, 8^th April 1987), son of Harold Anthony Shields, by his wife, Cynthia Louise, daughter of Charlie R Gunter, of Gretna, Virginia, USA. She has issue, two children.
        • (c) Drana Sulaiman. b. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 26^th March 1989. m. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 31^st March 2012, Payam Ghorbani (b. at Harris, Texas, USA, 13^th November 1980), son of Fatollah D Ghorbani, by his wife, Mehrangiz, daughter of Hossein Beiraghdar.
      • (1) Bibi Ariane Khanum [Ariane Sulaiman]. b. 3^rd January 1960. m. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 5^th September 1985, Farad Rocay Sulayman (b. 7^th January 1952), second son of General H.E. ‘Abdu’llah Khan Rocay Sulayman, by his wife, Bibi Amina Begum, third daughter of Colonel H.E. Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan, Minister of the Royal Court. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see below.
      • (2) Bibi Bibi Touba Khanum [Touba Sulaiman]. b. 15^th March 1963, educ. Col E Brooke Lee Junior High Sch, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. m. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 27^th July 1992 (div. there, 14^th November 1996), Hayatullah Azizi.
  • b) Major-General H.E. Sardar 'Ali Shah Khan Sulaiman. b. 1900. GOC Cavalry dvsn. 1930, actg Governor of Kandahar 1936, GOC Southern Provinces. m. Shah Gul Begum [Saliha Khanum], eldest daughter of Crown Prince Muhammad Musa Jan, by his wife, Masuma Begum, daughter Sardar Sher Muhammad Khan. He had issue, two sons and three daughters:
    • i) Sardar Mahmud Jan Sulaiman. b. 1926.
    • ii) Sardar Muhammad Shah Khan Sulaiman. m. Azizia Begum, née Nawiz. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Zaid Khan Sulaiman. b. at Kabul, 15^th June 1949. Settled in the USA. m. Laila Begum (b. at Kabul, 1^st January 1956), daughter of Din Muhammad Khan Nooristani, by his wife, Habiba. He d. at Washington DC, USA, 25^th December 1988, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
        • (a) Wali Khan Sulaiman. b. at Kabul, 16^th July 1978, educ. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Presdt & CEO of Omniscient Consulting Group, Inc. m. Adrienne Sulaiman, née Gaudreau, a lady from France.
        • (a) Sofia Khanum. b. at Kabul, 13^th October 1976. m. Jose Berthe, a gentleman from Venezuela.
      • (1) Samra Khanum Sulaiman.
    • iii) Sardar Wali Shah Khan Sulaiman.
    • i) Bibi Maliha Jan Begum. b. 1929. m. Asadu'llah Khan, and has issue, two daughters.
    • ii) Bibi Malalai Khanum Sulaiman.
    • iii) Bibi Werishmina Khanum Sulaiman.
  • c) Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan. b. 1914. m. Ruh Afza Begum, second daughter of H.E. Muhammad Haidar Khan Etemadi, Dep. Minister of the Royal Court, by his third wife, Shahzada Begum, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
    • i) Sulaiman Khan. m. Mina Begum, née Nawabi, and has issue, two sons:
      • (1) Amir Khan.
      • (2) Arzo Khan.
    • i) Elai Begum. m. Saleh ud-din Khan (b. 1939), son of Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Safurah Begum, Qamar ul-Bamat, daughter of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG - see above.
    • ii) Roshan Begum. m. 'Abdu'r Rahman Ashraf, and has issue, one son.
  • d) 'Abdu'l Kadir Khan Sulaiman. b. 1918. Judge. m. Latifa Jan Begum (b. 12^th August 1930), sixth daughter of Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Safurah Begum Qamar ul-Bamat, daughter of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
    • i) Muhammad Yusuf Khan Sulaiman.
    • ii) Nadir Khan Sulaiman.
    • i) Mina Khanum Sulaiman.
    • ii) Sara Khanum Sulaiman.
  • e) General H.E. 'Abdu'llah Khan Roqay. b. 1920. m. Amina Begum (b. 1923), third daughter of Colonel H.E. Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan, Minister of the Royal Court, by his first wife Zarin Begum, eldest daughter of Khush Dil Khan. He has issue, three sons and two daughters:
    • i) Qais Khan Roqay. m. Zahra Begum, daughter of 'Abdu'l 'Ali Khan Sulaiman, by his wife, Aliya Begum, daughter of General H.R.H Sardar Shah Mahmud KhanGhazi. He has issue, one daughter:
      • (1) Sahar Roqay Sulayman.
    • ii) Farhad Khan Roqay. m. Arianne Begum, daughter of Muhammad 'Ali Khan Sulaiman, by his wife, Aisha Begum, daughter of Major-General H.R.H Sardar Asadu'llah Khan Siraj. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Muhammad Daud Khan Roqay.
      • (1) Amina Khanum Roqay.
    • iii) Muhammad Khan Roqay. m. Soraya, neé Zaland Sherzad. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Sekandar Khan Roqay.
      • (1) Bilqis Khanum Roqay.
    • i) Ziba Khanum Roqay.
    • ii) Ramiqa Khanum Roqay.
  • a) Bibi Sultana Jan. b. 1905. m. Muhammad 'Umar Khan, Governor of Kabul, youngest son of Sardar Muhammad Rafiq Khan, by his second wife, Bibi Bilqis Begum, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Asaf Khan. She had issue, six sons and two daughters - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
  • b) Bibi Benazir Begum [Mme Benazir Muhammad 'Ali]. b. 15^th May 1910. m. Sardar Muhammad Ali Khan Sherzai (b. 8^th May 1910; d. 1971), only son of Crown Prince Muhammad Musa Jan, by his first wife, Bibi Masuma Begum, daughter of Sardar Sher Muhammad Khan. She had issue, an only daughter - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
  • c) Bibi Kaukaba Begum. b. 1911. m. Major-General H.R.H Sardar Asadu'llah Khan Siraj (b. 23^rd May 1910), son of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG, by his fourth wife, The Ulya Janab, Nur ul-Haram, Mahbuba Begum, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan. She had issue - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
  • d) Bibi 'Aliya Begum. b. 1913. m. Sardar Muhammad Faruq Khan (b. 1913), son of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG, by his wife, Bibi Mehri Begum, daughter of the Mir of Badakhskan. She had issue, two sons and two daughters - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
  • e) Bibi Habiba Begum. b. 1914. m. Muhammad Haidar Husaini, and had issue, two sons and three daughters.
• 2) Colonel H.H. Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan. b. at Dehra Dun, 1889 (s/o Murwarid Begum). Cdt. Royal Guard 1907, ADC to Habibu'llah Shah 1919, Minister of the Royal Court 1929-1951. m. (first) at Qawm-i-Bagh Palace, Kabul, 19^th November 1913, Bibi Zarin Begum, eldest daughter of General H.E. Loinab Khusdil Khan, sometime Governor of Kabul and Kandahar, by his wife Sahira Begum, daughter of H.H. Amir al-Mumenin, Amir-i-Kabir, Dost Muhammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan. m. (second) at Kabul, August 1934, Halima Begum, youngest daughter of Crown Prince Muhammad Musa Jan, by his wife, Masuma Begum, daughter Sardar Sher Muhammad Khan. He d. 1951, having had issue, three sons and seven daughters:
  • a) Sardar Taimur Shah Khan. b. 1921 (s/o Zarin). m. H.R.H Princess Bilqis Begum [Bilqis Jan] (b. at Kabul, 1919; k. at the Presidential Palace, Kabul, 27^th April 1978, bur. De Sabz), youngest daughter of H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan, by his only wife, Mah Parwar Begum, third daughter of H.E. Sardar Muhammad Asif Khan. He had issue, three sons and three daughters:
    • i) Yahya Khan. m. Torpekai Begum, second daughter of Muhammad Akram Khan Zikeria, by his wife, Kaukaba Begum, daughter of Sardar Sher Ahmad Khan Zikeria. He has issue, two sons:
      • (1) Ahmad Shah Khan.
      • (2) Salim Khan.
    • ii) Zikeria Khan. He d. young.
    • iii) Turan Khan.
    • i) Shaima Begum. m. Wais Daud Khan, son of H.E. Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan, by his wife, H.R.H Princess Zarmina (or Zainab) Begum, daughter of H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan. She was k. at Kabul, during the communist coup d'etat, 27^th April 1978 (bur. De Sabz), having had issue, one son and one daughter - see Afghanistan (Telai).
    • ii) Yama Khanum.
    • iii) Zohra Khanum.
  • b) Humayun Khan (s/o Halima).
  • c) Harun Shah Khan (s/o Halima). m. Humaira Begum, and has issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Bilal Khan.
    • i) A daughter.
  • a) H.M. Queen Humaira Begum. b. 1918 (d/o Zarin). m. at Qawmi Bagh, Kabul, 7^th November 1931, H.M. al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah, Pairaw ud-din-i-Matin-i-Islam Muhammad Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (b. at Kabul, 15^th October 1914), only son of H.M. Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan, by his only wife, Mah Parwar Begum, third daughter of Muhammad Asef Khan. She d. at Rome, 26^th June 2002 (bur. Royal Mausoleum, Kabul), having had issue, five sons and two daughters - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
  • b) Maimuna Begum. b. 1919 (d/o Zarin). m. Sardar Muhammd Atiq Khan Rafiq, second son of Sardar Muhammad Rafiq Khan, sometime Lord Chamberlain and Presdt. Shirkat-i-Rafiq, by his first wife, Humaira Begum, daughter of Sardar 'Abdu'r Rahman Khan, of Herat. She had issue, two sons and two daughters - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
  • c) Amina Begum. b. 1923 (d/o Zarin). m. General H.E. 'Abdu'llah Khan Roqay (b. 1920), youngest son of her uncle, General H.H. Sardar Muhammad Sulaiman Khan, by his wife, Taj Sultana Begum, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan. She has issue, three sons and two daughters - see above.
  • d) Aliya Begum. b. 1926 (d/o Zarin). m. Sardar Sultan Mahmud Khan (b. 1924), second son Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Safurah Begum Qamar ul-Bamat, younger daughter of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG. She had issue three sons and one daughter - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
  • e) Mariam Begum (d/o Halima). m. Zia ul-Haq, and had issue, three sons.
  • f) Laila Begum (d/o Halima). m. Dr Usman Daftari, and had issue, two sons.
  • g) Zahra Begum (d/o Halima). m. Amin Farhang.
• 3) Muhammad Karim Khan Asifi (s/o Bibi Sanaubar). m. (first) Sitara Begum, youngest daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Yaftali, of Badakhskan, by his wife, Nur Jahan Begum, daughter of Adina Muhammad. m. (second) Hamida Begum, elder daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Yaftali, of Badakhskan, by his wife, Nur Jahan Begum, daughter of Adina Muhammad. He had issue, six sons and one daughter:
  • a) Muhammad Hakim Khan Asifi (s/o Sitara). m. Soraya Begum, née Yaftali. He has issue, one son:
    • i) Mustafa Khan Asifi.
  • b) Muhammad Azim Khan Asifi (s/o Sitara).
  • c) Muhammad Rahim Khan Asifi (s/o Sitara).
  • d) Rahmatu'llah Khan Asifi (s/o Sitara).
  • e) Najibu'llah Khan Asifi (s/o Hamida).
  • f) Fahim Khan Asifi (s/o Hamida).
  • a) Soheila Khanum (d/o Hamida).
• 1) Bilqis Begum (d/o Zainab). m. as his second wife, Sardar Muhammad Rafiq Khan, son of Sardar Muhammad Sadiq Khan. She had issue, one son - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
• 2) Mah Pawar Begum (d/o Murwarid). m. H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (b. at Dehra Dun, India, 10^th April 1880; d. at the Royal Palace, Kabul, 8^th November 1933), eldest son of Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan, by his first wife, Shahzadi Sharaf Sultan Hukumat Begum, daughter of Shahzada 'Ali Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Saddozai. She d. at Tehran, 13^th December 1941, having had issue one son and four daughters - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).
• 3) Khurshid Begum (d/o Murwarid). m. H.R.H. Sardar Muhammad Aziz Khan (b. at Dehra Dun, India, 1877; k. at Berlin, 6^th June 1933), son of Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan, by his second wife, Masturah Begum, daughter of Sardar Muhammad 'Umar Khan. She had issue, three sons and four daughter - see Afghanistan (Telai).
• 4) Gauhar Begum (d/o Murwarid). m. as his second wife, General H.E. 'Abdu'l Ghani Khan, son of Sardar 'Abdu'l Aziz Khan, by his first wife, Bibi Ko. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see Afghanistan (Telai).
• 5) Khawar Begum (d/o Hajira). m. as his first wife, Muhammad Akbar Khan, Dir. of Medical Services, younger son of Sardar Muhammad Sami Khan. She had issue, one daughter - see Afghanistan (Telai).
• 6) Sabira Begum (d/o Hajira). m. Nur Ahmad Khan Zikeria, second son of Brigadier Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan, by his wife, Halima Begum, daughter of Sardar Yahya Khan. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see Afghanistan (Zikeria).
• 7) Sardar Begum (d/o Hajira). m. as his first wife, Sardar 'Abdu'r Rashid Khan, son of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, by his Safi wife, Gulnar Begum. She had no issue - see Afghanistan (Barakzai).