Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat Beg (; c. 1499/1500 – 1551) was a Chagatai

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military general, governor of

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, and a historian. He was a Mughal Dughlat prince who wrote in both Chaghatai and Persian languages. Haidar and

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were first-degree cousins on their mother's side (they had the same grandfather

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), both belonging to the line of

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. Unlike Babur, Haidar considered himself more of an ethnic

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Background

Mirza Haidar Dughlat Beg in the Tarikh-i Rashidi constantly alludes to a distinct tribe or community of Moghuls in Mughalistan, however reduced in numbers, who had preserved Mongol customs, and from the incidental references to Mongolian phrases and terms, likely retained elements of the original Mongolian language, despite the growth of Islam and the growing use of the Turki language, the latter which Haider naturally spoke. According to the Tarikh-i Rashidi, Haider Dughlat considered his "Moghul Ulus" to be a separate people from the settled Turks of Transoxiania, from the fifteenth century and the first half of the sixteenth century. According to

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, there are “some indications that the language of the Moghuls was Mongolian until the 16th century". For the sedentary Mongols in Transoxiana, the nomadic Mongols to their east in

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and

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represented a bastion of true Mongol culture, hence the name "

Campaigns

Silver coin of Haidar Dughlat in name of Said Khan

However, Haider did not stay long in Kashmir, leaving after making a treaty with the local sultan and striking coins in the name of Said Khan. He had also attacked

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through

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but failed to conquer Lhasa. He returned in 1540, fighting for the

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. Arriving in Kashmir, Haidar installed as sultan the head of the Sayyid faction, Nazuk. In 1546, after Humayun recovered Kabul, Haidar removed Nazuk Shah and struck coins in the name of the Mughal emperor. His mother was Khub Nigar Khanum, third daughter of Yunus Khan by Isan Daulat Begum, and a younger sister of Qutlugh Nigar Khanum, mother of Babur. Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat Beg governed Kashmir from 1540 to 1551,List of Rulers: South Asia , Thematic Essay , Timeline of Art History , The Metropolitan Museum of Art
/ref> when he was killed in battle.

References

Notes

*Mansura Haidar (translator) (2002),

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External links

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The Tarikh i Rashidi Download Full Book PDF by Murad ButtTARIKH-I-RASHIDIThe Tarikh-i-rashidi: A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia; an English Version (1895)The Tarikh-i-rashidi
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