Who Would Be King of Afghanistan Today? | Afghan Monarchs Family Tree

[@UsefulCharts]

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[@smartsthemiddlename6296]

Nice

[@JcBravo8]

By Right of Conquest it would be the American President!!!

[@imakeboringcontent7277]

What kind of chart should i do?

[@fclp67]

That pretty pog

[@Argentocoxos]

If you hadn't said that it was a fan-made chart, then I wouldn't have realised. It looks really well done!

[@genesdelsur-mapping2744]

Still can't believe my chart was featured on your channel, it is an honor :) Video turned out great! I learned a lot. Thank you Matt and Tariq

[@UsefulCharts]

Thank YOU! Keep up the great work.

[@HikmaHistory]

Your chart is awesome 👏 Keep doing your thing!

[@NingasKugon09]

Thank you, I needed to find out about this empire and its kings, reading a novel Mountain of Light...

[@dhv2852]

Please do a "Who should be emperor of Mexico today" exploring both the Iturbide and Habsburg trees

[@braziliangopnik3040]

they already did

[@烏梨師斂]

How about the Aztec dynasty

[@braziliangopnik3040]

@@烏梨師斂 i think they did it in the same video, showing who would be aztec emperor today, with two options Emperor Maximilian I choose the iturbide line as heur, so both lines get to the same person, if im not wrong

[@TrystaneTheBlack]

@@烏梨師斂 yeah he done that too

[@santi2683]

@@braziliangopnik3040 yes he adopted Agustín Iturbide's children as heirs

[@HikmaHistory]

Awesome collabing with you, Matt! I'm glad that you've finally chosen me over Syawish as your favourite Islamic history KZbinr, Al-Muqaddimah is overrated

[@UsefulCharts]

Dammmmmn, did I just start a war?

[@HikmaHistory]

@@UsefulCharts Don't worry, it won't be much of a fight. My opposition's not much of a fighter...

[@JcBravo8]

@@HikmaHistory Ooof.

[@drswag0076]

i apologize on behalf of my brainless president Joe Biden for the shameful withdrawal of your home country. sadly the Biden admin won't own up and instead play the blame game. in other words, the recent debacle is all his fault.

[@muhammadabdullahhanif8860]

@@HikmaHistory Yeah, but your video is more sectarian than academic. Especially with your whataboutism argument in hagia sophia video. Instead of using Andalusian buillding, why don't you use Babri Mosque as example in your whataboutism argument. It is more fitting, to be honest.

[@wezza668]

Really cool to hear the proper pronounciations of all these names and place-names. Sounds a lot better than the way they are named in the news.

[@armun20]

It’s cool if you are being sarcastic but if not I got bad news for you. This so called afghan guy butchered all the names.

[@r.i.t.i.k.a]

I feel like the guy who narrated is an Islamic or Indian 2nd generation britisher. Cause the pronunciation isn't as way off but still not quite the way it should be.

[@hanjizoe2648]

@@armun20 ok

[@x999uuu1]

@@armun20 could he just have an accent from some other region of afghanistan

[@armun20]

@@x999uuu1 no the accents are understandable. I’ve grown up in a very diverse environment with afghans so I can detect accents easily but this dude butchering is a whole different level.

[@rockingthemike]

this was incredibly informative; thank you matt & tariq!

[@HikmaHistory]

👍

[@Versatilty]

Great job. I have never heard the Afghan story before so this is a great background.

[@akikolehmainen88]

Two weeks ago, the Taliban announced they would adopt King Zahir era monarchical constitution on "temporary" basis. What that actually means to the monarchy itself has not been clarified.

[@clivebanks893]

Aki Kolehmainen. This is a surprise to me. The Taliban are Pashtuns like to Barakzai dynasty. But the Barakzai were very westernized, so I am surprised at this move. Crown Prince Ahmed Shah Kahn is a poet who has little interest in politics, but his sons might be interested. Who does the Taliban propose should be king? King Zahir Shah's constitution gave non=Pashtun tribes an opportunity to be represented in parliament and government. He blocked his cousin's return to politics which is why his cousin staged a coup d'etat in 1973. This cousin, Mohammed Daoud Khan was later slaughtered along with his entire family by the communists in 1978.

[@clivebanks893]

@@isyraf9989 Thanks for this information. The Barakzai replaced the Durrani in the 18th century, are they enemies or allies?

[@clivebanks893]

@@isyraf9989 I read that the majority of Loya Jirga delegates in 2002 favoured the restoration of King Zahir Shah, but the Americans blocked this plan. coz they wanted their own man Hamid Karzai ruling Afghanistan. King Zahir Shah is now passed, his son is in his 80s, his grandsons are unmarried. The other rival branch of the Barakzai, the "Mohammadzai", the descendants of King Amanullah Khan, live in Switzerland. There are two grandsons.

[@amirflorant3672]

@@isyraf9989 Interesting..do you know the name of the Durrani Clan you mentioned above??

[@myeafle]

@@isyraf9989 where did u get this from..??

[@levimcglinchey5843]

Your narration was the selling point of this channel Matt, I never enjoy them anywhere near as much when you've got someone else in!

[@rogerwilco2]

I thought this was quite good though.

[@HikmaHistory]

@@rogerwilco2 Roger, did I speak too slow?

[@levimcglinchey5843]

@@rogerwilco2 Oh yeah, there's some good ones for sure. But when you tune in for Power Rangers and you get Beetleborgs it's a shame

[@balancematters2776]

@@HikmaHistory No, you did not. I thought your pace, inflection, and pitch were perfect.

[@Ace_Of_Bace]

@@HikmaHistory You were fine. It was a good pace and clear pronunciation. I would suggest going (a bit) more in detail regarding events leading to change in power/persons. Over all Great!

[@azazel688]

Amazingly presented chart of the Afghan Empires and their rulers, I wish things had turned out different, but our hope is not yet lost. Long Live Afghanistan!

[@hjoydulocg8r76ip7]

@@varoonnone7159 Not true, it's been a Muslim country for more than a millennium, the reason there's so much chaos in Afghanistan is because of how countries like Pakistan are harbouring extremist groups like the Taliban who are being fuelled by Wahhabism. Afghanistan has a magnificent history and also has a great culture.

[@dime3838]

Yess

[@dime3838]

@@hjoydulocg8r76ip7 ur right

[@SwimBodyEVill]

Really really interesting, thank you Tariq. I learned so much about Afghanistan from this.

[@HikmaHistory]

My pleasure!

[@mathieuleader8601]

I'm impressed that so many on differing family lines has pictures of the people your talking about this really helps with the immersion

[@itsblitz4437]

Man so cool you are covering the Afghanistan monarchy because they seem to be a very underrated royal family of the most underappreciated country.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

We need a chart for Mohammed Ali dynasty of Egypt.the eldest son to King Ahmed Fouad II of Egypt married the daughter of Mohammed Zahir Shah princess Nawal and had w beautiful twin together ❤

[@Pierretbt]

Yeah that would be a great idea! egypt I think had 32 ruling dynasties through all of its history, though the mohamed ali dynasty isn't mentioned, (because its a modern dynasty) I think it should be mentioned, it has ruled egypt for 150 years, so I think should be called the 33rd dynasty.

[@retf8977]

@@Pierretbt That's not true, egypt had a ton of ruling dynasties in between. Egyptian history isn't just ancient egypt, far from it actually.

[@retf8977]

I was gonna mention this, technically, the Alawite dynasty and the Barakzai dynasty merged, interesting things like that get overlooked, by some amazing arrangement, a princess of afghanistan became the princess of upper egypt.

[@Pierretbt]

@@retf8977 I know, I am talking about the ruling dynasties that ruled egypt its self as the kingdom of egypt, not forgein dynasties that ruled egypt because the conquered it, I must agree egypt's history is very long not just ancient, this is undeniable, but after the Persians conquered egypt, more and more forgein kingdoms and dynasties came to rule egypt as their provence or as a part of their empire, the mohamed ali dynasty ruled egypt as the kingdom, eyelet, khedivate and sultanate of egypt, I hope you understood my point there.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

@@Pierretbt Mohammed Ali dynasty had lot of drama so I guess it would be a very interesting video.

[@luijsderoth8835]

Please cover: -Pre-islamic visigothic kings of the Iberian peninsula, -the Muhammad Ali dynasty, -the kings of Georgia family tree, -the Golden Horde Khans family tree, -the Crimean khans dynasty -and the khans and emirs of Bukhara. After those it would also be interesting seeing some southeast asian and native american dynasties for a change.

[@luijsderoth8835]

Oh and do a video on the Davidic lines, the Exilarchs and other princely lines to famous jewish figures, the standing of the Exilarchs in the communities they found themselves in across different historical moments, and the continuation of such lineages down to modern day.

[@jlivewell]

This was so fascinating. Thank you for the great history.

[@Venom70787]

Lozaet.

[@thomasdixon4373]

Awesome vid Matt, thank you to whoever made the chart

[@godemperorofmankind3.091]

Please do who would be the most senior heir to Charlemagne today

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

good idea

[@anujprasadsinha4354]

For just some knowledge Afganistan and pakistan were land under Chandragupta Maurya Who was given by selucus necator as dowry in some 303 BC

[@DrinkYourNailPolish]

I didn't know Afghanistan had a monarchy. I learned something new :)

[@gmicg]

The monarchy should have been restored in 2001. We would have thus avoided the present situation.

[@armun20]

😂 trying to avoid shameful loss. 😂

[@CoolioXXX52]

@@armun20 it isn't a loss it's your loss

[@gmicg]

@@armun20 success with the return of the monarchy. Americans were unable to see this.

[@ElGringoCastellano]

It would have been much better, yes, but the American government had already settled on Hamid Karzai to be their puppet.

[@gmicg]

@@ElGringoCastellano A sad thing for everyone.

[@shabirwaziri6563]

Brilliant! I was waiting for it for sooooo long.❤️💯

[@milianozuniga-deanda4955]

THANK YOU! I LOVED THIS!

[@fabiankohring1440]

Very interesting video about Afghanistan and nice addition as it’s not featured on your Asian Royal Family Trees Chart (if I’m not mistaken). Maybe a constituent monarchy could have given the inter-Taliban rule Afghanistan a better holding?

[@martins3037]

Wow what a surprise for a new video!

[@yusifabbasov713]

Can you do a "Who should be emperor of Ottoman empire today"?

[@tolga1740]

It’s someone named Harun, but I hope it never happens 😃

[@sufurabaratali2074]

wow I love this story this is my country from Afghanistan by the way I love your channel too

[@thunderbolt1964]

There was a conference some years ago to decide the future of Afghanistan and the most popular proposal was to restore a constitutional monarchy

[@vilena5308]

Very informative. I'm more familiar with European dynastic troubles, and there were plenty of problems there even with just 'the heir and the spare'. Two dozen brothers and two dozen sons...

[@historyking9984]

It’s amazing how complex history is I recently learned about the great game and the competition between Afghan leaders and Europeans to be interesting s all sides using each other and playing things to their advantage politically and militarily . I recently listened to Return of a king the audiobook by William Dalrymple about Shah Shuja ul-Mulk and the first Anglo-Afghan War.

[@CardinalConky]

Very topical, great video

[@smartsthemiddlename6296]

U haven't even watched the whole vid

[@CardinalConky]

I have watched it now, and I won’t change the comment

[@codyj.braunva5406]

Still waiting for the Ostrogoths

[@agniswar3]

Hello Matt, Can you make a video on who would be the Nawab of Bengal if the British never abolished it?

[@newkkl]

Great video, thank you.

[@JenCoYT]

Great video! 👍

[@ada6220]

4:41 Very interesting, "Baba" also means "father" in Turkish

[@FOLIPE]

Ironically, it means spit or saliva in Portuguese.

[@ornessarhithfaeron3576]

We (Greeks) adopted "baba" from you too, actually. And many other words.

[@ada6220]

@@ornessarhithfaeron3576 Turks and Greeks have lived together for a very long time. Even before the Battle of Manzikert, we know that the Pecheneg and Cuman Turks served as mercenaries in the Byzantine army. This shows that our peoples have been interacting for more than 1000 years

[@seekeroftruth5389]

It means the same thing in the Iraqi dialect of Arabic

[@JQKhanTech]

Assalam O Alakum, Your video is very beautiful and interesting as I watch a its unique. You shared stunning and informative/ entertaining visual work and your effort deserve may like and thumb up. Keep the good work continue and I wish you do more refinement and improve videos. Wasalam

[@asjahan7748]

facts to point out, the founder of the taliban, Mullah Omar was Hotak and ex presdent Hamid Karzai is Popal. in afghanistan Power has shifted from tribe to tribe ( most powerful or that has achives the most at the time ) as it must be. If you leave power in individual family you end up with psychopaths like Shujah Shah, or that Abdur Rahman ( he genecided 60-80% of the hazzar people). The Greatest Afghan who ever lived ( in my opinion) was Mirwais Hotak, he freed his people from the brutal rule of the safavids ( they had installed a geogian mercenary as Government to subjugate the pasthuns), and then conquered most Iran it self. Mirwais Hotak refused to be called King/ Shah, he said, those who want to be ruled by a king/shah are free to go elsewhere and find some tyrant to rule them. Those who want to live as free men follow me".

[@WhoIsCalli]

Cool vid. Thanks

[@SoupSa]

Thanks! Subscribed!

[@camillacarvalho8695]

Amazing video! Can you make about the brazilian imperial family, please?

[@yokartik]

Hello, Amanullah's grand grandson still living in turkey as an academician fyi. his name is Ahmed Kasım Han and he is pretty famous.

[@gaurav-ps3kc]

Thanks bro for this video i asked for it 2 months ago

[@salahuddinkakar6681]

Thank you very much for making this video about Afghanistan 🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫😃😃😃

[@codyshi4743]

I wish the last monarch of Afghanistan wasn’t overthrow in the first place.

[@aidanoestreich1680]

Can you do the family tree of Greek monarchs (not the Greek gods) and who will be king today

[@angusyang5917]

The former king of Greece, Konstantinos II, is still alive today.

[@dCash117]

I've been watching both channels for at least a year now and I think the visual and auditory parts of my brain are having trouble syncing on this one

[@HikmaHistory]

Haha. Was I talking too slow in this video btw?

[@Nocreabo215]

I remember it felt similar the first few times Jack rakham was on here, but now hearing his voice on this channel sounds pretty normal.

[@myeafle]

i love learning about my family. where do u get these info from?? like the events and stuff i would like to seek deeper depth about this. thank you

[@massimoarnaboldi3177]

Molto interessante,grazie per la spiegazione,non sapevo che la dinastia Durrani e la dinastia Barakzai fossero discendenti da due fratelli e quindi lontani cugini....🇦🇫💪😀👑 sempre Viva il Re!!!!

[@samiam1059]

Ahmed shah : well, time to call the banners boys!

[@blueflash7894]

One of these kings was my grandfather but like great great grandfather so I have royalty blood

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

Even though I really am no fan of monarchies in general, this would be preferable to the current regime controlling Afghanistan now.

[@engelleip9625]

15:00 The answer

[@omarelgamal7254]

Can you please do who would be the king of Egypt today ?

[@Unknown-pi5ll]

Please do Iraq next.

[@kikicallahan3662]

Well, technically the Taliban government is a monarchy because they call themselves an emirate, which is a type of monarchy.

[@Satsuma-tm8ep]

But with some mix with theocracy

[@thomaspotterdotexe]

I think afghan need to restore the monarchy and become constitutional monarchy so the king should've protect the stability in the country no matter what and could dissolve the government if it's necessary, rather than presidential that could led to be dictatorship or something that would be bad just like current.

[@attiepollard7847]

In order for that to happen y'all going to have to fight the islamist and not only in Afghanistan you're probably going to have to fight them in Pakistan.

[@midwesttraveler2674]

Can you do a tree line on pashtoons ?

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

ALLAH BLESS THE AFGHAN ROYALTY!

[@21.nivruttt14]

Can you do a family tree of the Delhi Sultans of the Delhi Sultanate please?

[@wickedgamer1745]

Thank u

[@ludotau9077]

One thing to note is that the mother of Mohammad Nadir is a grand daugther of Ayub Durrani

[@hughmungus5529]

What is really sad is that the point where it all went wrong for afghanistan it was really close to the fall of the monarchy, the fatal mistake was sending officers for training in the soviet union

[@hokton8555]

Habibullāh Kalakāni should be on thischart

[@samybadr2237]

Can you make one of these about the Egyptian monarchy and who would be king today??

[@ntm4]

Crazy to think that if the last king hadn't been deposed and had reigned until his death in 2007 he would have been one of the longest reigning monarchs in history (74 years).

[@nicolas5427]

Who would be Emperor of Mexico would be pretty interesting

[@TrystaneTheBlack]

He's done that one

[@nicolas5427]

@@TrystaneTheBlack Really? , I don't remember him doing that.

[@nicolas5427]

@A S I don't think so

[@rehanakhund2578]

He did the Mexican emperors In his Aztec emperors video

[@صدامحسينعبدالمجيد-م8ه]

Please can you do the Royal family tree of the senussi monarchy of libya

[@jobarliman1418]

The British, nor anyone else should have been in Afgan at any time, but with the chaotic history shown here outside intervention was inevitable. A country divided against itself.

[@hematmuhammadi]

Can you make a chart about Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan and from where they are originated please?

[@antrix1994]

Do one on the Haitian monarchy

[@jonasdavies1806]

Please do a video about who would be the king/emperor of India today.

[@polyglot8]

Where does Ahmad Shah live today?

[@smartsthemiddlename6296]

Pray for Afghanistan 🙏

[@peaceafghan243]

Taliban founder is from Hotak tribe. History is repeating itself. Afghanistan is under the rule again of Hotak tribe😅😅 So strange 🤔

[@theblackprince1346]

It's probably been requested a lot prior but I think a video on Irish High Kings would be great.

[@danep8553]

Should have mentioned the Taliban being Durrani, Ghilzai etc.

[@zulfiqarali-oe1sg]

Glad To See This I am Great Grand Son Of King Ayub Shah Durrani Grand Son Of King Ahmed Shah Abdali,, King Ayub Shah Migrate From Afghanistan To Lahore In 1823 After That They Live In Bangla Ayub Shah Lahore My Whole Family Live Hear In Lahore Beautiful History And My Fathers Grand Mother Is From Zahir shah Family,, My Great Grand Mother Is Fist Cousin Of King Muhammad Zahir Shah.

[@shukrullahkohgadai7380]

We do not have any docs of Pashto language or spoken Pashto by any previous kings or rulers until Noor Mohammad Taraki

[@jgr7487]

but who would be the King of Jerusalem today?

[@afghanistanhouse]

I’m very surprised you guys not checking your facts at all.

[@travelersnepal2596]

please do video of Nepal

[@namanjain989]

Didn't the taliban set up the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan so who is the emir?

[@attiepollard7847]

Who knows. I mean since the retake over of Afghanistan has the television ever thought about maybe they can keep their Islamic crazy laws but at least moderate a little bit to try to get economic activity in that country? I mean everything ain't got to be 3rd century for these people

[@XfromDarkHorse]

Emir itself just means "governor" or "military governor", it's not really just a monarch title.

[@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783]

I am DEFINITELY the queen of right here. 👑😁👍💯

[@prithvirajthakur3840]

Make a video on India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

[@goldenstudios1546]

What is the credible source that confirms the name "Afghanistan" in history books before 1880?

[@goldenstudios1546]

???????????????

[@ltyrell75]

What happened to the descendants of Timur Shah

[@neutralboi1984]

Nepalese Royal Family Tree Please!!

[@heyquenttlimited8324]

Want a video on nawab of Dhaka

[@veobob9185]

please make a video about tajikistan

[@ostrio]

Can you do who would be the King of portugal?

[@janelolita7890]

My family is part of the royal Afghanistan family, my Great grandmother was from Afghanistan and her great grandfather was one of the emir of Afghanistan his name is sher Ali khan

[@dime3838]

R u fully afghan?

[@janelolita7890]

@@dime3838 well I’m Pashtun most my family came from Afghanistan

[@dime3838]

@@janelolita7890 I'm tajik/hazara but my dad is chinese/indian

[@janelolita7890]

@@dime3838 woah that’s so cool

[@dime3838]

@@janelolita7890 ty

[@Pisti846]

Who would want to be king of Afghanistan would be a better question.

[@cevinzeke5110]

Nice chart but I am the rightful heir to Afghanistan. I will take no questions.

[@thereaction18]

Who would even want to be king of Afghanistan today?

[@Lemar_Music]

Every Afghan who wants a Free and Independent Afghanistan.

[@khyberwatch19]

You forgot to mention that the Taliban are predominantly from the Ghilzai branch just as Mir Weiß Khan Hotaki in the very beginning. THE very first Afghan state

[@randomfootages9120]

No sorry they are durani not totally ghilzai

[@pokeman747]

Taliban looking at this thinking new target

[@SadFloridaMan]

They will take them on a little ride in their new black hawk helicopters.

[@pokeman747]

Sensible thing to do would be to set up a puppet monarchy

[@SadFloridaMan]

@@pokeman747 tbh I think we should’ve done that instead of setting up a puppet democracy.

[@pokeman747]

@@SadFloridaMan 100%

[@mashokaise6881]

24 or 27 sons! Jeez, what a clusterf@!$! Now I know why Craster gave his sons to the White Walkers.

[@vjsanimations3921]

Google said the last king/emirate of afghanistan is Mohammed Zahir Shah

[@烏梨師斂]

How about some famous Indian dynasties?!