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The Persian ruler Shah Abbas in 1621 made Malik Asadullah Khan, ('Saddo'), of the Abdali tribe, the titular head in return for services around Qandahar. The children of Asadullah Khan were later called Saddozai ('zai' meaning 'son of').
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