Popalzai

Pedigree of King Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan. Figure shows the branching of the Abdal dynasty into the Popal (founder of the Popalzai; spelled 'Fofal' in figure), Barak (founder of the Barakzai), and Alako (founder of the Alakozai) line. (The fourth branch, Achakzai, is missing.)

Popalzai or Popalzay (Pashto: پوپلزی‎, also known as Popal) are Durrani (formerly called Abdali or Bor Tareen) Pashtuns of Afghanistan and adjacent parts of Pakistan.

Notable people

• Ahmad Shah Durrani – founder of the Durrani Empire (predecessor of modern Afghanistan)
• Timur Shah Durrani
• Zaman Shah Durrani
• Mahmud Shah Durrani
• Shuja Shah Durrani
• Sultan Ali Shah Durrani
• Ayub Shah Durrani
• Shahzada Kamran Durrani – was born into the Sadozai dynasty and was the son of Mahmud Shah Durrani
• Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai – was chief of the Sadozai tribe in Balochistan; a politician, Pakistan independence movement volunteer and founder of the Sadozai Qaumi Welfare Organization
• Hayatullah Khan Durrani – famous Pakistani caver, explorer, mountaineer, environmentalist, organizer and rescuer
• Abdul Ghani Baradar – deputy minister of defense in the Taliban government of Afghanistan up to 2001
• The Karzai family – politicians and businessmen in Afghanistan
• Naim Popal – Afghan singer living in the United States
• Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani – politician, Pakistan independence movement
• Ghulam Jilani Popal – leader of Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat)
• Mohammad Shafiq – Popalzai tribe elder in Pakistan
• Shahkur Ullah Durrani – former governor of State Bank of Pakistan and chairman of PIA
• Dr. Ayatullah Durrani – former minister of state for industries & production, Pakistan; president of Pakistan People's Party, Balochistan, Pakistan; lives Mastung, Balochistan

See also

• Tareen
• Abdali
• Sadozai (Pashtun tribe)
• Pashtun tribes
• Pashtunistan
• Zahir Shah (last king of Afghanistan)
• Barakzai (another tribe)

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