Alakozai

They are one of the four tribes of the Zirak tribal confederacy of Durrani Pashtuns.

[1][2] Spelling variations include Alakozi, Alakoozi, Alekozai, Alekuzei, Alikozai, Alakozay, Alkozai, Alokzai, Hulakozai, Alecozay, Alikusi, and Alakuzei.

[3] The Alkozay people are found primarily in Helmand, Kandahar, Kabul, Laghman, Kunar Sarkani District and Herat provinces in Afghanistan, and form the majority of the population in the Sangin District.

Jaldak, which is located 110 km northeast of Kandahar, is the original domicile of the Alkozay tribe.

[6] Arghandab was referred to by the Greek historians as Alkozay, or the "Land of Arako/Alako".

Statue of an Indus priest or king found in Mohenjodaro, 1927
Predigree of King Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan, whose stepmother was an Alakozai. The figure shows the branching of the Abdal dynasty into the Popal (founder of the Popalzai ; in figure spelled 'Fofal'), Barak (founder of the alikzai ), and Alako (founder of the Alakozai) line (the fourth branch, Achakzai , is missing).
Manuscript painting of Abdullah Khan Alkozai surrounded by courtiers, Kashmir, 1798