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AFGHANISTAN

The Barakzai Dynasty

(Amir, Pirzad)

GENEALOGY

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Amir ul-Umara, Sardar Payinda Khan Muhammadzai, Sarfraz Khan, had further issue:

19) Sardar Pir Muhammad Khan. b. 1800 (s/o an Alakozai). m. (first) an Atchu Khel lady. m. (second) a Popalzai lady. m. (third) a second Popalzai lady. m. (fourth) a third Popalzai lady. m. (fifth) a fourth Popalzai lady. m. (sixth) a fifth Popalzai lady. He d. 1871, having had issue seventeen sons:

a) Sardar Sher Muhammad Khan (s/o the Atchu Khel lady).

b) Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan (s/o the first Popalzai lady). He d.s.p.

c) Sardar Shad Muhammad Khan (s/o the second Popalzai lady). m. (first) a Barakzai lady. He had issue, four sons:
- i) Amir Muhammad Khan (s/o the Barakzai lady). m. Zarin Begum, younger daughter of 'Abdu'l Majid Khan Sarkar, by his wife, Hamdan Begum, daughter of Amir Muhammad Khan. He had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  - (1) Muhammad Usman Khan Amir. He had issue, two sons and three daughters:
    - (a) Muhammad 'Ali Khan Amir.
    - (b) Muhammad Amin Khan Amir.
    - (a) Humaira Khanum Amir.
    - (b) Hafiza Begum. m. Sardar 'Abdu'l Shukur Khan (b. 1914), 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 Sultanat Begum, a Pushtuni Consort. She had issue, two sons and one daughter - see below.
    - (c) Maryam Khanum Amir.
  - (2) Muhammad Haidar Khan Nehsan. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (a) 'Abdu'llah Khan Nehsan.
    - (a) Gul Makai Begum. m. Najib Ahmad Khan Zekrya [Shahrah], a Civil Engineer, son of Sardar Nur Muhammad Agha [Nur Agha], by his wife, Razia Begum, daughter of H.E. Sardar Sher Ahmad Khan. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see Afghanistan (Zikeria).
  - (3) Asadu'llah Khan. m. Saliha Begum, daughter of Sardar Gul Muhammad Khan, by his second wife.
  - (1) Afaq Begum. m. as his first wife, H.E. Payinda Muhammad Khan Farhad (b. 1887) sometime Governor of Ghazni and Kandahar, son of General H.E. Sardar 'Abdu'l Quddus Khan, Itimad ud-Daula, sometime Prime Minister, second wife, Shaista Begum, daughter of 'Abdu'l Qayyum Khan. She had issue, two daughters, who died young - see Afghanistan (Etemadi).
  - (2) Masuda Begum. m. Muhammad Rahim Khan.
- ii) Wali Muhammad Khan (s/o the Barakzai lady).
- iii) Gul Muhammad Khan (s/o slave).Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- iv) 'Abdu'l Ghaffar Khan. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
  - (1) 'Abdu'llah Khan. He had issue, three sons:
    - (a) 'Abdu'l Rahim Khan. He had issue one son:
      - (i) 'Ismatu'llah Khan.
    - (b) Ghulam Haidar Khan. He had issue, one son:
      - (i) Parviz Khan.
    - (c) 'Abdul Aziz Khan Ghafarshad. b. 1938. Assumed the surname of Ghafarshad after he settled in the USA. He had issue, four sons:
      - (i) Rahmatu'llah Khan Ghafarshad. b. 1958. m. Marzia (b. 1965), daughter of Muhammad Wali Khan. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
      - (ii) Isaac M. Ghafarshad. b. 1963.
      - (iii) ‘Abdu’l Ghaffar Ghafarshad. b. 1965.m. Elizabeth E. Ghafarshad (b. 1959), an American national. He has issue, two sons:
      - (iv) ‘Ali M. Ghafarshad.
  - (2) 'Ali Muhammad Khan.
  - (1) Fatima Khanum.

d) Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan (s/o the third Popalzai lady).

e) Sardar Muhammad Amin Khan (s/o the third Popalzai lady). He d.s.p.

f) Sardar Nazar Muhammad Khan (s/o the third Popalzai lady).

g) Sardar Muhammad 'Ali Khan (s/o the fourth Popalzai lady). m. Fatima Begum, daughter of H.H. Amir al-Mumenin, Amir-i-Kabir, Amir Dost Muhammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, by his wife, the daughter of Taj Muhammad Khan Bamizai. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:
- i) Sultan 'Ali Khan. He d.s.p.
- ii) Sultan Aziz Khan. He had issue, one son and four daughters:
  - (1) H.E. 'Abdu'l Aziz Khan Sultan. Governor of various provinces. m. Aqila Jan Begum, daughtr of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan and its dependencies, GCB, GCMG, by Basu Begum, a Hazara Consort. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
    - (a) Hamid Khan Sultan.
    - (b) Zarmina Begum. m. Asadu'llah Khan, elder son of Sardar Muhammad Karim Khan, by his wife, Kamila Begum, 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 below.
    - (c) Fatima Khanum.
  - (1) Khawar Begum. m. Muhammad Azim Ulumi, and had issue.
  - (2) Shamalai Begum. m. Ata Muhammad, a descendant of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan.
  - (3) Jahan Suz Begum. m. 'Abdu'l Rahman Khan Nawabi - see Afghanistan (Nawabi).
  - (4) Uzra Begum. m. 'Abdu'llah Khan Nawabi - see Afghanistan (Nawabi).
- iii) Sultan Ahmad Khan. m. a Khugiani. He had issue, one daughter:
  - (1) Zarin Taj Begum. m. as his first wife, Juma Khan Etemadi, son of General H.E. Sardar 'Abdu'l Quddus Khan, Itimad ud-Daula, sometime Prime Minister, by his first wife, Bakhtawar Begum. She had issue, two sons and two daughters - see Afghanistan (Etemadi).
- iv) Amir Muhammad Khan. He had issue:
  - (1) 'Abdu'l Ghafur Khan Breshna. He d. January 1924, having had issue, two sons:
    - (a) 'Abdu'llah Khan Breshna. m. a daughter of 'Abdu'l Karim Khan Ahrari, by his wife, Sidiqa Begum, daughter of Juma Khan Etemadi, by his second wife, Hazrat Shahbanu Begum, daughter of General H.E. Ghulam Husain Khan. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
      - (i) Habib Khan Breshna.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      - (ii) Daud Khan Breshna.
      - (i) Zahra Khanum Breshna.
    - (b) Habib Khan Breshna. m. a Swiss lady.
  - (2) Muhammad Ibrahim Khan. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (a) Tahir Khan.
    - (a) Aziza Begum. m. Ahmad 'Ali Khan.
  - (1) Benazir Begum. m. (first) at Kabul, 1929, Habibu'llah [Bacha-i-Saqqau] (b. at Kalakan, near Sarai Khoja, Kohdaman, ca. 1890; k. at Kabul, 1^st November 1929), a former deserter, highwayman and brigand, who took control of Kabul on the 7^th January and forced the abdication of King Inayatu'llah on 18^th January 1929, then proclaimed himself as Amir Habibu'llah Khan Ghazi, Khadim-i-Din-i-Rasulu'llah, until the capital was captured by Shah Wali Khan on 10^th October 1929, son of Aminu'llah, of Jalalabad. m. (second) 'Abdu'l Rashid Khan Alikozai.
- i) Tajwar Bibi Jahan. m. General H.E. Sardar 'Abdu'l Quddus Khan, Itimad ud-Daula (b. 1845; d. at Kabul, 16^th March 1928), sometime Prime Minister, son of Sardar Sultan Muhammad Khan Telai, by a Negress. She had issue - see Afghanistan (Etemadi).

h) Sardar 'Abdu'llah Khan (s/o a slave, full-brother of Aminu'llah, Firuz and Bahadur). He had issue:
- i) Sardar 'Abdu'l Aziz Khan (s/o a Barakzai). Lord Steward to Amir 'Abdu'l Rahman Khan. m. a daughter of Sardar Sultan Muhammad Khan Telai. He had issue:
  - (1) Sardar Amir Muhammad Khan. m. a daughter of Sardar 'Abdu'l Majid Khan, by his wife, a daughter of Brigadier Sardar Amir Muhammad Khan.

i) Sardar Aminu'llah Khan (s/o a slave, full-brother of 'Abdu'llah, Firuz and Bahadur).

j) Sardar 'Ali Asghar Khan (s/o the fifth Popalzai lady).

k) Sardar Ghulam Jan (s/o the third Popalzai lady).

l) Sardar Ghulam Rasul Khan (s/o the third Popalzai lady).

m) Sardar Haidar Khan (s/o the fifth Popalzai lady).Copyright© Christopher Buyers

n) Sardar Firuz Khan (s/o a slave, full-brother of 'Abdu'llah, Aminu'llah and Bahadur).

o) Sardar Bahadur Khan (s/o a slave, full-brother of 'Abdu'llah, Aminu'llah and Firuz). m. (first) a daughter of Sardar Sultan Muhammad Khan Telai. m. (second), Fatima Sultan Begum, daughter of H.E. Sardar Aminu'llah Khan, Amin ud-Daula, by an Achakzai lady. He had issue, three sons and one daughter by his second wife:

i) Muhammad Asif Khan (s/o the first wife). m. Uzra Begum, daughter of Sardar Zulfiqar Khan, by his first wife. He had issue, one son:
- (1) Muhammad Yusuf Khan Pirzad. m. Shirin Taj Begum. He had issue, three sons:
  - (a) Muhammad Aziz Khan Pirzad.
  - (b) Muhammad Hakim Khan Pirzad.
  - (c) Ahmad Zia Khan Pirzad. m. Rabia Begum. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
    - (i) Habib Khan Pirzad.
    - (ii) Hamid Khan Pirzad.
    - (i) Ariana Khanum Pirzad.
  - (a) Hafiza Begum. m. Muhammad Bashir Khan. She had issue.

ii) Muhammad Nasir Khan (s/o the first wife). m. Koko Jan. He had issue, one daughter:
- (1) Zubaida Begum. m. 'Abdu'llah.

iii) Sardar Muhammad Hashim Khan (s/o Fatima Sultan Begum). m. Rabia Begum, daughter of 'Abdu'l Rahim Khan, by his wife, Sayyida Koko Begum, daughter of Sayyid Ahmad Shah. He had issue, three sons and two daughters:
- (1) Muhammad Asim Khan. m. Maryam Begum. He had issue, two sons:
  - (a) Sulaiman Khan.
  - (b) Daud Khan.
- (2) Sultan Ahmad Khan. m. Hamida Begum.
iv) Sardar Muhammad Akbar Khan (s/o Fatima Sultan Begum). m. an Afghan lady. He had issue, three sons and one daughter:

(1) Major Sardar Muhammad Fazal Khan Durrani. m. Afifa Begum, daughter of Sardar Faiz Muhammad Khan Durrani. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:

(a) Sardar Muhammad Akbar Durrani. m. Amn Durrani, second daughter of Sardar Khalid Yusuf Durrani. He had issue, one son:

(i) Sardar 'Abdu'llah Khan Durrani.

(b) Sardar Sami ur-Rehman Durrani. m. Zamrine Begum.

(a) Nadia Begum. m. Salar Hasan Khan.

(b) Manahil Begum. m. Sardar Amir Khan, son of Sardar Nasir Khan, by his wife, Razia Sultan Begum.

(2) Major Sardar Muhammad Sabir Khan. m. an Achakzai lady. He had issue, one son and one daughter:

(a) Sardar Faisal Khan Durrani.

(a) Ayesh Begum. m. …

(3) Captain Sardar Muhammad Yunus Khan. Entered DMG, Dir Food Dept, Pakistan Govt Service, Govt Sec Baluchistan. m. Shahzadi Habiba Begum, fourth daughter of Shahzada Farukh Siyar. He had issue, four sons:

(a) Sardar Muhammad Arsalan Durrani.

(b) Sardar Muhammad Zohair Durrani.

(c) Sardar Muhammad Mehriyar Durrani.

(d) Sardar Muhammad Asfandyar Durrani.

(1) Razia Begum. m. Sardar Nazir Khan Durrani, of Dehra Dun, India. She had issue, four sons.
v) Muhammad Azim Khan (s/o Fatima Sultan Begum). m. Jahantab Begum. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- (1) Sultan Haidar Khan.
i) Amina Begum (d/o the first wife). m. Sardar Zulfiqar Khan, son of Sardar Muhammad Amin Khan, sometime Governor of Kohistan and Kandahar. She had issue - see below.

ii) A daughter (d/o the first wife). m. Khair Muhammad Khan, son of H.E. Sardar Faiz Muhammad Khan, sometime Governor of Balkh. She had issue, one son - see below.

iii) Hawa Jan Begum (d/o Fatima Sultan Begum). m. Nawab

iv) Bilqis Jan Begum (d/o Fatima Sultan Begum). m. Nur Ahmad Khan.

s) Sardar Yasin Khan (s/o a slave).

t) Sardar Lain Khan [Latif?].

20) Sardar Muhammad Zaman Khan.

21) Sardar Muhammad Zamar Khan.

22) Sardar Haidar Khan.

23) Sardar Aslam Khan (s/o a Siyahposh Kafir). He d.s.p.

24) Sardar Jum'a Khan. b. 1800 (s/o a Hazari lady). He d. 1871, having had issue, two sons:

a) … Khan.

b) Amir Khan. He went to Greece.

1) Wafa Begum (d/o Zainab Begum). m. Kabul, 1803, H.M. Padshah Dur-i-Durran Shuja ul-Mulk, Muhammad Shah, Shah of Afghanistan (b. 1792; k. at Kabul, 25^th April 1842), thirteenth son of son of H.M. Padshah Dur-i-Durran Timur Shah, Shah of Afghanistan, by his fourth wife, a lady of the Sadozai clan. She had issue, one son and three daughters - see Afghanistan (Durrani).

2) … Begum (d/o Zainab Begum). m. 1801, 'Abdu'l Amin Khan, sometime Tobshibashi, eldest son of her uncle, Sardar Rahim Dad Khan, Sultan Muhammad Barakzai. She had issue, seven children - see above.

3) … Begum (d/o Zainab Begum). m. 'Abdu'l Rasul Khan. She d. before 1846, having had issue, four sons, including:

a) Madad Khan. b. before 1800.

4) … Begum (d/o Zainab Begum).m. Saddu Khan (k. by a paid assasin of his wife, in the Shor Bazar, Kabul, before 1846). She had issue, one son and one daughter:

a) Muhammad Hasan Khan.

b) A daughter. Taken away from Kabul and k. by her father.

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