Abdullah Malikyar

Abdullah Malikyar was an Afghan politician who held several posts in the Government from 1941 until 1978. He was also closely related to the Barakzai dynasty by marriage.

Early life Abdullah Malikyar was born in Kabul in 1909. Malikyar was educated at Istiqlal High School, (a French high school founded in 1923) He was also educated in Tehran. He then married Anisa Seraj. Seraj was the daughter of Inayatullah Khan He had 7 children, two daughters from his first marriage, After his death, a dispute between his burial took place. The Herati people requested that his body be flown there and buried, whereas the residents of Ghazni requested for his body to be buried in his hometown. His wife, however, chose to bury him in Virginia.