Hazara-i-Karlugh

The Hazara-i-Karlugh (Persian: هزارهِ قارلوق‎) were the Turkic soldiers that founded and ruled the Turki Shahi dynasties from 1400 to 1700 in what is now the current Hazara area of Pakistan.

Etymology

Hazara-i-Karlugh literally means "Hazara of Karlugh origin". Karlugh is a Persian pronunciation of the Turkic word Qarluq.

History

The Karlugh Legion were settled in Northern India (now Hazara, Pakistan) by Timur after his invasion of India in 1398-99[1]

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References
  1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 76
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