Popalzai

Popalzai

Popalzai or Popalzay is a tribal name of the Pashtun clan that is part of the larger Durrani (formerly called Abdali) tribe. The founder of the Durrani dynasty, Ahmad Shah Abdali, originated from the Abdali tribe but changed the name later to Durrani. The current President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, is Popalzai from Kandahar. According to some sources, the Popalzai tribe consists of approximately 500,000 individuals.

ee also

*Tareen
*Pashtun tribes
*Pashtunistan

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