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== Timurids and Mughals ==
== Timurids and Mughals ==
{{main|Timurid dynasty|Mughal dynasty}}
{{main|Timurid dynasty|Mughal dynasty}}
Its most famous representatives were the [[Timurids]], a dynasty founded by the conqueror [[Timur]] in the 14th century, who ruled over modern-day [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and almost the entire rest of the [[Caucasus]], [[Afghanistan]], much of Central Asia, as well as parts of contemporary [[Pakistan]], [[Mesopotamia]], and [[Anatolia]].<ref>René Grousset, ''The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia'', Rutgers University Press, 1988. {{ISBN|0-8135-0627-1}} ([https://books.google.com/books?id=CHzGvqRbV_IC&pg=PA409&dq=Barlas+Turkic&hl=tr&sig=Eenkx86afOfm0RKKnq4Y5fDggD8 p.409])</ref> One of his descendants, [[Babur]], later founded the [[Mughal Empire]] of [[Central Asia]] and [[South Asia]].
Its most famous representatives were the [[Timurids]], a dynasty founded by the conqueror [[Timur]] in the 14th century, who ruled over modern-day [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and almost the entire rest of the [[Caucasus]], [[Afghanistan]], much of Central Asia, as well as parts of contemporary [[Pakistan]], [[Mesopotamia]], and [[Anatolia]].<ref>René Grousset, ''The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia'', Rutgers University Press, 1988. {{ISBN|0-8135-0627-1}} ([https://books.google.com/books?id=CHzGvqRbV_IC&pg=PA409&dq=Barlas+Turkic&hl=tr&sig=Eenkx86afOfm0RKKnq4Y5fDggD8 p.409])</ref> One of his descendants, [[Babur]], later founded the [[Mughal Empire]] of [[Central Asia]] and [[South Asia]].<ref name="Ẓahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad Bābor">{{iranica|babor-zahir-al-din|Ẓahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad Bābor|quote=Bābor, Ẓahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad son of Umar Sheikh Mirza, (6 Moḥarram 886-6 Jomādā I 937/14 February 1483&nbsp;– 26 December 1530), [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] prince, military genius, and literary craftsman who escaped the bloody political arena of his Central Asian birthplace to found the Mughal Empire in India. His origin, milieu, training, and education were steeped in [[Muslim]] culture and so Bābor played significant role for the fostering of this culture by his descendants, the Mughals of India, and for the expansion of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, with brilliant literary, artistic, and [[historiographical]] results.}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 18:09, 16 May 2024

Barlas
برلاس
Parent houseBorjigin
CountryTransoxiana
FounderQarachar Barlas
TitlesKhan
Sheikh
Mirza
Beg
Shah
Sardar
Emir
Ghazi
Sultan
Estate(s)Kesh; Samarkand
Cadet branchesTimurid

The Barlas (Template:Lang-mn;[1] Chagatay/Template:Lang-fa Barlās; also Berlās) were a Mongol[1] and later Turkicized[2][3] nomadic confederation in Central Asia.[4] With military roots in one of the regiments of the original Mongol army, the Barlas spawned two major imperial dynasties in Asia: the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and Persia; and its later branch, the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.[5]

Origins

Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire

According to the Secret History of the Mongols, written during the reign of Ögedei Khan [r. 1229–1241], the Barlas shared ancestry with the Borjigin, the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors, and other Mongol clans. The leading clan of the Barlas traced its origin to Qarachar Barlas,[2] head of one of Chagatai's regiments. Qarachar Barlas was a descendant of the legendary Mongol warlord Bodonchir (Bodon Achir; Bodon'ar Mungqaq), who was also considered a direct ancestor of Genghis Khan.[6] The internal structure of the Barlas' leading clan consisted of five major lineages– tracing back to the sons of Qarachar– who were important in matters of inheritance but did not constitute separate political or territorial entities.[7]

The Barlas controlled the region of Kish (modern Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan) and all of its lineages seem to have been associated with this region.[8] In contrast to most neighboring tribes who remained nomadic, the Barlas were a sedentary tribe.[9] Due to extensive contacts with the native population of Central Asia, the tribe had adopted the religion of Islam,[3] and the Chagatai language, a Turkic language of the Qarluq branch, which was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian.[10] Although the Barlas were not always exogamous, most marriages recorded were outside the tribe.[11]

Timurids and Mughals

Its most famous representatives were the Timurids, a dynasty founded by the conqueror Timur in the 14th century, who ruled over modern-day Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and almost the entire rest of the Caucasus, Afghanistan, much of Central Asia, as well as parts of contemporary Pakistan, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia.[12] One of his descendants, Babur, later founded the Mughal Empire of Central Asia and South Asia.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Grupper, S. M. 'A Barulas Family Narrative in the Yuan Shih: Some Neglected Prosopographical and Institutional Sources on Timurid Origins'. Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 8 (1992–94): 11–97
  2. ^ a b B.F. Manz, The rise and rule of Tamerlan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1989, p. 28: "... We know definitely that the leading clan of the Barlas tribe traced its origin to Qarachar Barlas, head of one of Chaghadai's regiments ... These then were the most prominent members of the Ulus Chaghadai: the old Mongolian tribes — Barlas, Arlat, Soldus and Jalayir ..."
  3. ^ a b M.S. Asimov & C. E. Bosworth, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, UNESCO Regional Office, 1998, ISBN 92-3-103467-7, p. 320: "... One of his followers was [...] Timur of the Barlas tribe. This Mongol tribe had settled [...] in the valley of Kashka Darya, intermingling with the Turkish population, adopting their religion (Islam) and gradually giving up its own nomadic ways, like a number of other Mongol tribes in Transoxania ..."
  4. ^ G.R. Garthwaite, "The Persians", Malden, ISBN 978-1-55786-860-2, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2007. (p.148)
  5. ^ Gérard Chaliand, A Global History of War: From Assyria to the Twenty-First Century, University of California Press, California 2014, p. 151
  6. ^ The Secret History of the Mongols, transl. by I. De Rachewiltz, Chapter I Archived February 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ B.F. Manz, The rise and rule of Tamerlan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1989, p.157
  8. ^ B.F. Manz, The rise and rule of Tamerlan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1989, p. 156–7
  9. ^ Gérard Chaliand, A Global History of War: From Assyria to the Twenty-First Century, University of California Press, California 2014, p. 151
  10. ^ G. Doerfer, "Chaghatay Archived November 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine", in Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 2007.
  11. ^ B.F. Manz, The rise and rule of Tamerlan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1989, p. 157
  12. ^ René Grousset, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia, Rutgers University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8135-0627-1 (p.409)
  13. ^ "Ẓahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad Bābor" at Encyclopædia Iranica