Qul (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a word of Turkic origin meaning '

slave Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...

Uses of the word

In Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Iran and South Asia

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and

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, the word ''qul'' has been used as the second part of several Muslim male given names, where it is used with the possessive in Azerbaijani (), Tatar ( ), Turkmen () and Uzbek (), and has been borrowed as () in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

and () in

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

. ;List of given names derived from ''qul'' * Abbas Quli * Ahmad Quli * Alim Quli, notably borne by ** Alimqul * Ali Quli * Allah Quli * Bayan Quli, notably borne by ** Bayan Qulï * Hasan Quli * Husayn Quli * Ibrahim Quli, notably borne by **

Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali Ibrahim Qutb Shah Wali (1518 – 5 June 1580), also known by his Telugu names Malki BhaRama and Ibharama Chakravarti, was the fourth monarch of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India. He was the first of the Qutb Shahi dynasty to use ...

* Imam Quli * Iman Quli * Ishan Quli, notably borne by ** Işanguly Nuryýew * Jafar Quli * Jamshid Quli, notably borne by ** Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah * Mahdi Quli * Makhdum Quli, notably borne by **

Magtymguly Pyragy Magtymguly Pyragy ( ''Makhdumqoli Farāghi''; , ; , born Magtymguly, was an Iranian-Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufism, Sufi and traveller, who is considered the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history. Magtymguly is ...

* Muhammad Quli * Murshid Quli, notably borne by **

Murshid Quli Khan Murshid Quli Khan ( 1660 – 30 June 1727), also known as Mohammad Hadi (born as Suryanarayana Mishra), was the first Nawab of Bengal, serving from 1717 to 1727. According to some writers, he was born a Hindu in the Deccan Plateau 1670, Mur ...

* Murtada Quli * Najaf Quli * Qurban Quli * Rida Quli * Safi Quli * Shah Quli * Subhan Quli, notably borne by ** Subhan Quli Qutb Shah * Sultan Quli, notably borne by **

Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, more often though less correctly referred to in English as Quli Qutb Shah (1485 – 2 September 1543), was the founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, which ruled the Sultanate of Golconda in southern India from 1518 ...

* Tahmasb Quli ;List of surnames derived from ''qul'' * as first element: ** , Qulusoylu, ** ** ** ** * in compounds: ** (notably borne by Rasim Aliguliyev), , , (notably borne by

Jalil Mammadguluzadeh Jalil Huseyngulu oghlu Mammadguluzadeh (, ; 22 February 1869 – 4 January 1932), was an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani List of satirists and satires, satirist and writer. He was the founder of Molla Nasraddin (magazine), ''Molla Nasraddin'', a ...

), ** (notably borne by Ruslan Imankulov)

In the Ottoman Empire

In the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

, the word ''qul'' was used in rank names of the

Janissaries A janissary (, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops. They were the first modern standing army, and perhaps the first infantry force in the world to be equipped with firearms, adopted du ...

such as ''

kapıkulu ''Kapıkulu'' (, ''Kapıkulu Ocağı'', "Slaves of the Sublime Porte") was the collective name for the household division of the Ottoman Sultans. They included the Janissary infantry corps as well as the Six Divisions of Cavalry. Unlike provincia ...

'' and '' kul kethüdâsı''.

Uses of the word

In Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Iran and South Asia

In the Ottoman Empire

See also

References

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