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]

Chaghatai Mughals
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

References

  1. 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
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica
  3. Past present: Emperor's new names
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