Turkic peoples in India

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See also: Turks in Pakistan
Turkic peoples in India
Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire was of Turkic (possibly Uzbek) descent
Religion
Islam
Turks in India
Hindistan'daki Türkler (Turkish)
Turkey India
Total population
~58 (Turkish as mother tongue)
Regions with significant populations
Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala
Languages
Turkish
Malayalam
Religion
Islam

Turkic peoples (including the Turks of Turkey) have historically been associated as one of the non-indigenous peoples to have ruled areas of India and the Indian subcontinent. Although modern day Turks in India are very small in number, and are likely recent immigrants from Turkey. In the 1961 census, 58 people stated that their mother tongue was Turkish.[1] According to the 2001 census, 126 residents of India stated their place of birth as Turkey.[2] In a state visit during early 2010, Prime Minister Abdullah Gül of Turkey met Turkish expatriates living in India and handed out Hindi-Turkish dictionaries to Turkish students in New Delhi.[3]

History and origin[edit]

The first known mention of the term Turk applied to a Turkic group was in reference to the Göktürks in the 6th century, who were based in modern Mongolia.[citation needed] Over time, the term has devolved onto the Turks of modern day Turkiey, but historically Turks used to describe Turkic Races A Race in Central Asian Region where Turkic Races with Several Different Groups or Sub-tribes. The Turks claim their descendants belongs to Timurids Amir Timur from the Turkic Barlas sub tribe or Gurkani, migrated with Babur army Campaigns from Central Asia present day Fergana Valley to Northern India. and after 1857 revolution fall of Delhi Mughal Empire by the British Rules the Most Turkic tribes settled in Tarai jungle region of Rohailkhand. [citation needed] in One such tradition claims that the Turks from Sambal, Moradabad, Budaun, came to India as soldiers who accompanied the 11th century warrior-saint Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud or Salar Ghazi Masud (circa 1014 – 1034 CE). [citation needed] The Turk settlement took place at a latter date. Indeed some Other Turkic subtribe groups, Seljuk, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Mamluks,Tughlaq, Khaliji, that are originally emigrants came in the army of Alauddin Khalji, Shahabddin Ghori, Mehmud Ghaznavi, and Timur (Tamerlane). These Turks had come from Turkistan region during 998 AD to 1526 AD in what is now Central Asia. [citation needed]

Present circumstances[edit]

The Turks live in northern India, mainly in Delhi, Gaziabad, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Bijnor, Agra,Kanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital and Haldwani in Kumaon, Bhopal and Junagarh in Gujarat and in South India mainly in the city of Hyderabad in Telangana, Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Mysore, Srirangapatna of Karnataka, Banganapalle, Kurnool of Andhra Pradesh, Arcot, Tamil Nadu, Pathanamthitta, Erattupetta, Palakkad district, Alappuzha district in Kerala.[citation needed]

The community had traditionally served as soldiers in the armies of the various princely states in the Kathiawar Agency. They are also good traders Like other Gujarati Muslims, they have a caste association known as the Jamat, which acts both as a welfare organization and an instrument of social control.[4]

Notable people[edit]

  • Iwaz Khalji, the 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
  • Saifuddin Aibak, 1st governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
  • Awar Khan Aibak, 2nd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
  • Izz al-Din Yahya, 6th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Tughlaq Delhi Sultanate

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Census India 1961. "MOTHER TONGUES OF INDIA ACCORDING TO THE 1961 CENSUS". Retrieved 2009-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Census India 2001. "POPULATION CLASSIFIED BY PLACE OF BIRTH AND SEX" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "India Exclusive". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1394-1399
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