THE SUDOZAI

The Sudozai are one of the most important groups in Afghanistan Political History and have Produced many of the Country's rulers. The Sudozai rose to power with the death of Persian King Nadir Shah in 1747 at which time the Sudozai tribesman Ahmad Shah Abdali  became the founder of modern Afghanistan and the founder of the Sadozai dynasti After Ahmad Shah's death in 1773, the dynasty was continued by his son Timur Shah ruled 1773-1793 his son Zaman Shah 1793-1800 his brother Mahmud Shah (1800-1803), his brother Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk 1803-1809 and his brother Mahmud Shah 1809-1817