Karzai ( ps, کرزی, translit=Karzay; ) is an
Afghan surname. Karzai means the person is from Karz and is assembled through the common construction of adding an Arabic letter "Ya" to the proper noun Karz which is a village. Karzai is pronounced Karzay because of the dialect of Kandahar, while others may pronounce it as Karzi.
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abdul Ahad Karzai
Abdul Ahad Karzai (1922 – 14 July 1999) was an Afghan politician, who served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Afghanistan under King Zahir Shah in the 1960s. He was the son of Khair Mohammad Khan and brother of Habibullah and ...
, Afghan politician
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Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan politician
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Azizullah Karzai, Afghan diplomat
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Habibullah Karzai, tribal leader
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Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...
, President of Afghanistan ( 2001–2015 )
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Hashmat Karzai, cousin of President Hamid Karzai, businessman in security and construction, killed by a suicide bomber in July 2014.
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Jamil Karzai, Afghan politician
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Mahmood Karzai Mahmood Karzai, also spelled Mahmud Karzai, or Mahmoud Karzai (born 1957 Kandahar) is an Afghan businessman. He was the third of the six children and son of a prominent political figure, Abdul Ahad Karzai who was a member of the Afghan National Ass ...
, businessman, elder brother of President Hamid Karzai.
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Qayum Karzai
Abdul Qayum Karzai or Qayyum Karzai (born 1947) is businessman and politician in Afghanistan. He is the elder brother of former President Hamid Karzai. His brothers also include the controversial Mahmoud Karzai and the assassinated Ahmed Wali Ka ...
, politician, elder brother of President Hamid Karzai.
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Yar Mohammed Karzai, relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, accidentally killed in a US raid in Afghanistan 2011.
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