kalu_miah
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@Charon 2
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It was vastly educative to read about the Turks and the proto-Turks and every other kind of Turk that most of us never knew existed.
Some of us still want to read @kalu_miah on the subject of Islam in Bengal, and on Bengali ethnicity. That is the point, and not the history of the Turks.
Could we come back please?
Thanks for the interest. Unfortunately I will be getting a little busy and may not have as much time as before at the forum. But I will try to take part in the discussion, whenever I can make some time.
Actually the question of the ethnicity and the origin of these Turkic migrants is important as they had disproportionate amount of influence in the events in South Asia (including Bengal) since around 1200 AD. Specially Khalaj's played a very important role in the first 150-200 years. Khalaj's are an interesting case, as they not only successfully resisted the Mongols from within Delhi Sultanate. Apparently the ones who remained in Afghan side within Mongol domain, many of them joined Mongol Army it seems. So in effect they were fighting on both sides (Mongol vs Delhi Sultanate) and after joining Mongol Army (like other Turkic nomads), they may have traveled to other parts of the world.
I also have a suspicion that the Khalaj later merged much more with Hazara, not Ghilzai Pashtun. Recently discovered genetic data points to that direction. I also found Hazara's making this claim which I mentioned in a previous post:
Rise of Islam in Bengal, role of migration | Page 13
A foolproof way to find out exactly who the Khalaj were, would be by exhuming the corpse of Bakhtiyar Khalaji:
Rise of Islam in Bengal, role of migration | Page 2
and then have both carbon dating and DNA ancestry tests done. These tests will also help answer the question - whether Ghilzai Pashtuns and/or Hazara had Khalaj ancestors and to what extent.
@Charon 2 , enjoy some nice Yakut music I found on youtube, the language might be interesting to you:
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