Chughtai
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Chughtai is a family name in portions of Asia , Middle East and the associated diaspora that claims descent from Chagatai Khan (the second son of Genghis Khan)[1]. It was also name of a tribe (claiming the same lineage) in what is now modern Saudi Arabia[citation needed].
Origin of the name
Chughtai is a distorted form of Chaghadai which is a version of Chagan (white) formed using the –dai suffix as described in "On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names" by Baras-aghur Naran[2]; it defines Chaghadai as he who is white.[3]
The Mughal Emperors of India claimed to be of the same lineage[4]. Babur consciously made a decision to drop the Mirza from his name[citation needed]. The names of minor (and sometimes even major) princes of the dynasty continued to carry the prefix and/or the suffix. The nomenclature is still in use today, though Chughtai as family name is relatively more common.
See also
Notes
- ^ Chagatai Khanate - The Islamic World to 1600 @ The University of Calgary
- ^ Period Mongolian Names - On the Documentation and Construction of Period Mongolian Names
- ^ Chaghadai - Æthelmearc Internal Letter of Intent Æ72
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica