06-12-2009, 05:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-12-2009, 05:26 AM by Hauma Hamiddha.)
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It is interesting that he uses this term. Clearly it is derived from Chagadai -- the Mongol Ulus of Chagadai the 2nd son of Chingiz Khan. The Timurids were always in awe of the Chingizids and wanted to claim a link to them. It is true that the Timurids descended from a pagan Mongol general of Chingiz Khan named Qarachar Barlas. But by the time of Baboor they had mixed thoroughly with the Turks and and were ethnically Turkified than Mongol. They did retain a highly Mongol influenced dialect of Turkic known as Chagadai turki which was their mother tongue (At least till Jehangir they spoke this language). In Akbar's days Abu Fazl tried to create a genealogy where he claimed that Qarachar Barlas and Chingiz Khan shared a common ancestor a few generations before them. But this could well be false as I have been unable to confirm it any Mongol source. But the Timurids did marry Chagadaid princesses from time to time so Baboor and his successors could legitimately claim descent from Chingiz and owners of the Chagadai Ulus after the decline of the original Chagadai Khans. Awrangzeb frequently called himself descendant of Chingiz in addition to Silsila-i-Timuria.
The Chagadaid Yunus Khan whose family had converted to Islam had daughters Qutluq Negar Khanim and Khub Negar Khanim. The first was the mother of Baboor and the second was the mother the Mongol Amir Mirza Mohammad Haider a fierce ghazi who belonged to the Dughlat tribe of Mongols. The Chagadai Khan known as Said Khan sent Baboor's cousin Mirza Haider to wage Jihad on the bauddha-s of Ladakh. After conquering Ladakh and massacring the locals he joined his nephew Humayun to help him out with his wars. At his behest he invaded Kashmir and carried out temple destruction. Mirza Haider was a prolific writer who also claimed to be of the Chagadai Ulus and left a detailed account of it. He was finally killed by the Sultan of Swat over the ownership of Kashmir.
During his attack on Surat Shivaji demolished and completely plundered the Sarai of the Chagadai Khan who was visiting -- I wonder if this might also qualify in the reference.
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It is interesting that he uses this term. Clearly it is derived from Chagadai -- the Mongol Ulus of Chagadai the 2nd son of Chingiz Khan. The Timurids were always in awe of the Chingizids and wanted to claim a link to them. It is true that the Timurids descended from a pagan Mongol general of Chingiz Khan named Qarachar Barlas. But by the time of Baboor they had mixed thoroughly with the Turks and and were ethnically Turkified than Mongol. They did retain a highly Mongol influenced dialect of Turkic known as Chagadai turki which was their mother tongue (At least till Jehangir they spoke this language). In Akbar's days Abu Fazl tried to create a genealogy where he claimed that Qarachar Barlas and Chingiz Khan shared a common ancestor a few generations before them. But this could well be false as I have been unable to confirm it any Mongol source. But the Timurids did marry Chagadaid princesses from time to time so Baboor and his successors could legitimately claim descent from Chingiz and owners of the Chagadai Ulus after the decline of the original Chagadai Khans. Awrangzeb frequently called himself descendant of Chingiz in addition to Silsila-i-Timuria.
The Chagadaid Yunus Khan whose family had converted to Islam had daughters Qutluq Negar Khanim and Khub Negar Khanim. The first was the mother of Baboor and the second was the mother the Mongol Amir Mirza Mohammad Haider a fierce ghazi who belonged to the Dughlat tribe of Mongols. The Chagadai Khan known as Said Khan sent Baboor's cousin Mirza Haider to wage Jihad on the bauddha-s of Ladakh. After conquering Ladakh and massacring the locals he joined his nephew Humayun to help him out with his wars. At his behest he invaded Kashmir and carried out temple destruction. Mirza Haider was a prolific writer who also claimed to be of the Chagadai Ulus and left a detailed account of it. He was finally killed by the Sultan of Swat over the ownership of Kashmir.
During his attack on Surat Shivaji demolished and completely plundered the Sarai of the Chagadai Khan who was visiting -- I wonder if this might also qualify in the reference.