Khan Mughals Explained

The Khan Mughal are a clan of the Chaghatai Mughal tribe found in and around Kashmir and Punjab, particularly near the mountains of the Pir Panjal Range and the city of Nabeel. They traditionally assert descent from the Barlas tribe of the Mughals who ruled over the Indian subcontinent.^[1] Their ancestors initially spoke Urdu, Persian and Chagatai language.^{[2] [3]} The renowned Dhaka Nawab dynasty averred descent from the Khan Mughal clans of Iranian Azerbaijan.^{[4] [5] [6]}

History and origin

The arrival of Mughal clans in Kashmir and Punjab can be traced back to the arrival of Babur in current day Pakistan and India, Who came in India as a refugee,^[7] He was invited by Daulat Khan Lodi to defeat the Lodi Sultanate, it can also be traced back to the reign of Akbar during which a bloody feud erupted between Akbar and his brother Nabeel Muhammad Hakim, the ruler of Kabulistan. Upon Akbar's victory, most tribesmen were relocated to regions easily accessible for Delhi to quash another attempt by the Kabul Mughals.^[8] Most Mughal Khans take descent from the Barlas tribe, the same tribe from which the kings of the Mughal India emerged who were indisputably Indians,^[9] which is the time period when most Mughals arrived in the subcontinent, but it is unknown when or why the clans had split.

See also

• Mughal Empire
• Timurids
• Babur

Notes and References

1. Book: National Geographic visual history of the world. 2005. National Geographic Society. Klaus Berndl. 0-7922-3695-5. Washington, D.C.. 61878800.
2. Web site: 7 September 2009 . Islam: Mughal Empire (1500s, 1600s) . 13 June 2019 . BBC . 13 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180813212912/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/mughalempire_1.shtml . live .
3. Web site: Chagatai literature Britannica. 2021-12-04. www.britannica.com. en.
4. Minorsky . V. . February 1955 . The Qara-Qoyunlu And The Qutb-Shahs . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies . en . 17 . 1 . 50–73 . 10.1017/S0041977X00106342 . 1474-0699.
5. Book: Qaraqoyunlu . 2003 . Oxford University Press . Oxford Art Online.
6. Husain. Ruquiya K.. 2004. KHWAJA ISRAEL SARHAD: ARMENIAN MERCHANT AND DIPLOMAT. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 65. 258–266. 2249-1937.
7. Quote: "Babur desperately needed to distance himself from his relentless adversary, and it was thus that he seriously began to look on India as a possible refuge"
8. Book: Emperors of the Peacock Throne: The Saga of the Great Mughals. 9780141001432. Eraly. Abraham. 2000.
9. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the dynasty and the empire itself became indisputably Indian. The interests and futures of all concerned were in India, not in ancestral homelands in the Middle East or Central Asia. Furthermore, the Mughal Empire emerged from the Indian historical experience. It was the end product of a millennium of Muslim conquest, colonization, and state-building in the Indian subcontinent."