Alakozai

The Alakozai are a sub-tribe of the Abdali Pashtuns of Afghanistan. They are one of four sub-tribes belonging to the Zirak branch of the Durrani - Tareen - Bor Tareen - Abdali dynasty. Their eponymous ancestor is supposed to be Alako, son of King Zirak Khan, son of Abdali, son of Tareen, son of Sharif ud-din (Sharakh-bun), son of Ibrahim Sari (Saraband), son of Qais ul-Laik ('Abdu'r Rashid Pathan)., he was the arisch chief of Ghor, and converted to Islam by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is said that Alako was buried at Nicharah, a valley in the Harboi mountains to the east of Kalt in Baluchistan.