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Kabul 1970s, were Pashtuns modernized too, or just Tajiks?

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  • #31
    Originally posted by nary View Post
    Are you sure she was even Pashtana? From what I know the royal family liked to marry Qizlbash women, that's why the royal family themselves didn't have very Pashtun features.
    She was a Tarzi, so yes she was Pashtana

    Also, as economist Kaushik Basu says: "For a nation to progress it is important for people to spend time on science, mathematics and literature instead of spending time showing that 5,000 years ago their ancestors did science, mathematics and literature."


    Originally posted by ذو الفقار
    don’t try to be smart.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Iblis_Efreetzai View Post
      She was a Tarzi, so yes she was Pashtana
      Yes, I just looked it up --you are right. But Amanullah Khan was mixed due to the heavy intermarriages that took place.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by nary View Post
        Yes, I just looked it up --you are right. But Amanullah Khan was mixed due to the heavy intermarriages that took place.
        Could be, the Royal Ark website actually has the entire genealogies of the Barakzai rulers.

        Also, as economist Kaushik Basu says: "For a nation to progress it is important for people to spend time on science, mathematics and literature instead of spending time showing that 5,000 years ago their ancestors did science, mathematics and literature."


        Originally posted by ذو الفقار
        don’t try to be smart.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by nary View Post
          Are you sure she was even Pashtana? From what I know the royal family liked to marry Qizlbash women, that's why the royal family themselves didn't have very Pashtun features.
          T for Tarzi

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