Turkic peoples have historically been associated as one of the primarily Chagatai-speaking peoples to have ruled North India. Various dynasties of the later medieval era and early modern era in India were of far descendants of Turkic and mixed Indian or Afghan descent. Two of the dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate, viz. the Mughals and Khaljis, for instance, were of far descendants mixed Turkic origin, with Indian and Afghan ancestry respectively. The terms Indo-Turkic or Turco-Indian is used to refer to people and dynasties of mixed Turkic and Indian descent, as well as the fusion culture formed as a result.
Present day 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.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
Dynasties
Ghaznavid dynasty Mamluk dynasty Khalji dynasty (Bengal) Khalji dynasty Bahmani Kingdom Malwa Sultanate Kingdom of Kalpi Sultanate of Bijapur Bidar Sultanate Qutb Shahi dynasty Timurid dynasty Mughal Empire
Notable people
Taj al-Din Yildiz, general of the Delhi Sultanate
Shah Turkan, mistress of Iltutmish
Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, general of the Delhi Sultanate
Muhammad Shiran Khalji, the 2nd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
Iwaz Khalji, the 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
Ali Mardan Khalji, the 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Delhi Sultanate
Malik Balkha Khalji, the last Khalji 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
Tughral Tughan Khan, 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
Tughlaq Tamar Khan, 4th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak, 6th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki, 7th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
Nasiruddin Bughra Khan, 13th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Mamluk Delhi Sultanate
Rukunuddin Kaikaus, 1st governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Balban Delhi Sultanate
Shamsuddin Firuz Shah, 2nd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Balban Delhi Sultanate
Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, 3rd governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Balban Delhi Sultanate
Izz al-Din Yahya, 6th governor of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Tughlaq Delhi Sultanate Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah IJaswant Lal Mehta · 2005, Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813, page;142 Military History of India, Jadunath Sarkar · 2022 page;132 first Nizam of Hyderabad Munim Khan, 1st Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah
Khan Jahan I, 2nd Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah
Jahangir Quli Beg, Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah
Nasir ad-Din Qabacha, Governor of Multan
Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III, 1st Nawab of Baoni State
Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire wife of prince Azam Jah
Princess Niloufer, Princess of the Ottoman Empire wife of prince Moazzam Jah
Princess Esra, wife of Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad
Manolya Onur, wife of Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad
Muhammad Beg Khan-e Rosebahani, was Qiladar and Jagirdar of Banganapalle
Nawabs of Banganapalle
Rulers of Amb State
Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
Anara Begum, was the concubine of Gaj Singh I, the Rathore ruler of the Kingdom of Marwar
See also Indians in Turkey India–Turkey relations Rowther Abdal of Turkey
References