Talk:Masood Dakik

"Royalty" claims
The article subject's claims to be "royalty" need explanation, since the term is used in Afghanistan in a vastly different meaning than in common English where royalty = 'monarch and his/her immediate family'.

For 155 years, precisely in 1823–1978, Afghanistan was ruled by the Barakzai dynasty, whose all members hailed from the Barakzai tribe. The entire tribe thus came to claim to be the "royal tribe" (which was additionally helped by the high prevalence of consanguineous marriage).

The article subject also belongs to the Barakzai tribe, and it's unsurprising that he is able to trace his lineage, with a finite number of steps, to one or another member of the Barakzai dynasty (compare Six degrees of separation).

However, this does not make him a "royal", "prince", etc., in a normal sense.

See also Prince for an extended explanation of the term "prince" in Sunni Islam.

Hope this helps. — kashmīrī  TALK  23:31, 3 November 2023 (UTC)