Hazara-i-Karlugh


The Hazara-i-Karlugh 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 by Timur after his invasion of India in 1398-99