Chughtai
The Chaghatai Moghols or Chaghatai Mughals (Chagatay: Çağatay Moghul, Urdu: چغتائی مغل) are descendants and followers of Chaghatai Khan (the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of Chaghatai Khanate) in South Asia (modern-day Pakistan). They migrated to this region from Central Asia after the Mughal Conquest of India. The Chaghatai Mughals are primarily found in Azad Kashmir and northern Punjab, Pakistan.[1] They have surnames such as Mirza, Baig and Khan.[2][3]
چغتائی مغل | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Punjab) | |
| Languages | |
| Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari, Kashmiri, Urdu, Punjabi | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mughal people, Kamangars, Tanolis |
See also
- 11417 Chughtai
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai
- Babur
- Chagatai Khan
- Chagatai Khanate
- Chagatai language
- Ismat Chughtai
References
- ^ Richards, John F. (1995). The Mughal Empire: Volume 5 of New Cambridge history of India: The Mughals and their contemporaries. pp. 19, 60, 110. ISBN 0-521-56603-7.Full text at Google Books
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Past present: Emperor's new names