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{{about|the Durrani tribe|the Hashtnagarother Sarbani tribe in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar)}}

'''Mohammadzai''' ({{lang-ps|محمدزی}}), also spelled '''Moḥammadzay''' (meaning "descendants of Mohammad"), is a [[Pashtun]] sub-tribe or clan of the [[Barakzai]] which is part of the [[Durrani]] confederacy of tribes.<ref name="Brodsky"/><ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Balland |first=D. |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] |title=BĀRAKZĪ |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/barakzi-singular-barakzay-an-ethnic-name-common-in-the-entire-eastern-portion-of-iran-and-afghanistan-where-it-is-found |edition=Online |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |location=United States }}</ref> They are primarily centered on [[Kandahar]], [[Kabul]] and [[Ghazni]] in Afghanistan as well as in the city of [[Charsadda]] in neighbouring Pakistan.<ref name="Brodsky">{{cite book|author1=Anne Brodsky|editor1-last=Heath|editor1-first=Jonathan|editor2-last=Zahedi|editor2-first=Ashraf|title=Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace|date=15 November 2014|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0292759312|page=50|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ-DBAAAQBAJ&q=Mohammadzai+%22Durrani++confederacy%22&pg=PA50|access-date=27 December 2016|chapter=Narratives of Afghan Childhood:Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences That Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation}}</ref> The Mohammadzai ruled Afghanistan from 1823 to 1978, for a total of 155 years. TheTheir [[monarchy]]rule ended under [[MohammadDaoud Zahir ShahKhan]] when histhe brother in law Sardar [[Daoud Khan]]Communists took power via a [[Saur Revolution|Soviet-backed coup]].