Turkic peoples in India

Turkic peoples (including the Turks of Turkey) have historically been associated as one of the non-indigenous peoples to have ruled areas of India and the Indian subcontinent. Although modern day Turks in India are very small in number, and are likely recent immigrants from Turkey. In the 1961 census, 58 people stated that their mother tongue was Turkish. According to the 2001 census, 126 residents of India stated their place of birth as Turkey. In a state visit during early 2010, Prime Minister Abdullah Gül of Turkey met Turkish expatriates living in India and handed out Hindi-Turkish dictionaries to Turkish students in New Delhi.

History and origin
The first known mention of the term Turk applied to a Turkic group was in reference to the Göktürks in the 6th century, who were based in modern Mongolia. Over time, the term has devolved onto the Turks of modern day Turkiey, but historically Turks used to describe Turkic Races A Race in Central Asian Region where Turkic Races with Several Different Groups or Sub-tribes. The Turks claim their descendants belongs to Timurids Amir Timur from the mongolic Barlas sub tribe, or Gurkani, migrated with Babur army Campaigns from Central Asia present day Fergana Valley to Northern India. and after 1857 revolution fall of Delhi Mughal Empire by the British Rules the Most Turkic tribes settled in Tarai jungle region of Rohailkhand. in One such tradition claims that the Turks from Sambal, Moradabad, Budaun, came to India as soldiers who accompanied the 11th century warrior-saint Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud or Salar Ghazi Masud (circa 1014 – 1034 CE). The Turk settlement took place at a latter date. Indeed some Other Turkic subtribe groups, Seljuk, Ghaznavids, Mamluks, Khaliji, that are originally emigrants came in the army of Alauddin Khalji, Shahabddin Ghori, Mehmud Ghaznavi, and Timur (Tamerlane). These Turks had come from Turkistan region during 998 AD to 1526 AD in what is now Central Asia.

Present circumstances
The Turks live in northern India, mainly in Delhi, Gaziabad, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Bijnor, Agra,Kanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital and Haldwani in Kumaon, Bhopal and Junagarh in Gujarat and in South India mainly in the city of Hyderabad in Telangana, Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Mysore, Srirangapatna of Karnataka, Banganapalle, Kurnool of Andhra Pradesh, Arcot, Tamil Nadu, Pathanamthitta, Erattupetta, Palakkad district, Alappuzha district in Kerala.

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.

Notable people

 * Timurid dynasty
 * Ghaznavid dynasty
 * Taj al-Din Yildiz, general of the Delhi Sultanate
 * Mamluk dynasty of Delhi
 * 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
 * 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
 * Khalji dynasty
 * Tughlaq dynasty
 * Qutb Shahi dynasty


 * 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