Barakzai (Pashtun Tribe)

Barakzai (Pashtun Tribe)

Bārakzai (Pashto: بارکزی ‎ barakzay, plur. is the name of a Pashtun tribe from present day Afghanistan. Barakzai (translation: sons of Barak) is a common name among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan and it means ("sons of Barak" in Pashto). There are seven distinct Pashtun tribes named Bārakzai, with the Zīrak branch of the Abdal Tareen or Bor Tareen - Tareen - Durrani tribe being the most important and largest tribe with over 4 million people.

Another source prevails the unfolded truth of the Barakzai in which the name Barak ( /ˈbɛəræk/ or /ˈbɛərək/; Hebrew: בָּרָק, Tiberian: Bārāq, "Lightning; Shine", Greek: βαρακ), Al-Burāq (Arabic: البُراق‎ al-Burāq "lightning") might have been derived from Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, a military general in the Book of Judges in the Bible. He was the commander of the army of Deborah, the prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible. Barak and Deborah are credited with defeating the Canaanite armies led by Sisera, who for twenty years had oppressed the Israelites.