See also:

• DURANI, or DURRANI

DURANI, or DURRANI  , the dominant See also:

• RACE

race of Afghans, to which the ruling See also:

• FAMILY

family at See also:

• KABUL

Kabul belongs . The Duranis number 1oo,000 fighting men, and have two branches, the Zirak and the Panjpai . To the former See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section belong the Popalzai, Alikozai, Barakzai and Achakzai; and to the latter the Nurzai, Alizai, Isakzai, Khokani and Maku tribes . The Saddozai See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan of the Popalzai Duranis furnished the first See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent shahs of the See also:

• DURANI, or DURRANI

Durani See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty (A.D . 1747), the Barakzais furnishing the amirs . The See also:

• LINE

line of the shahs was overthrown in the third See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation (A.D . 1834), after a protracted See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of anarchy and dissension, which See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out on the See also:

• DEATH

death in A.D . 1773 of Ahmad Shah Durani, the founder of Afghan See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

Bar Durani is a name sometimes applied to the independent See also:

• PATHAN

Pathan tribes who inhabit the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill districts See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• HINDU

Hindu Kush, parts of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus valley, the See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt Range, and the range of Suliman, which were first conceded to them by Ahmad Shah . Bar Durani includes the See also:

• YUSAFZAI

Yusafzai, Utman Khel, Tarkanis, Mohmands, Afridis, Orakzais and Shinwaris, as well as the Pathan tribes of the plains of See also:

• PESHAWAR

Peshawar and those of See also:

• BANGASH

Bangash and See also:

• KHATTAK

Khattak, although the derivation of some of these tribes from the true Durani stock is doubtful .