Most Powerful Families In History

[muqawwee123]

Re: Most Powerful Families In History

@khoji

How strange that such powerful people in their times are forgotten so quickly. At one time Barmakis were effectively running the caliphate. But now no one even knows their names.
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sub thaat parra reh jaawe ga, jub laad chale ga banjaara.*

very true:

Na gaur-e-sikandar na hai qabr e Dara;
miTe naamiyoN ke nishaaN kaise kaise

A little search on google indicate that barmakis were from Buddhist Balakh (Afghanistan) origin