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| group = Turk<br />
| population = 2.5 to 3 million est. <br />
| popplace = India, Pakistan<br />
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* [[Urdu language|Urdu]]<br />
* [[English language|English]]<br />
* [[Turkic language|Turkic]]<br />
* [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
* [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
}}<br />
| rels = [[Islam]]<br />
| related = {{Flatlist|<br />
* [[Turkic peoples|Turk]]<br />
* [[Turk (caste)|Turk of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
* [[Mughal (tribe)|Mughal]]<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{History of the Turks pre-14th century}}<br />
[[History of the Turkic peoples]] between 6th and 14th centuries. Although the chronology of the [[Sultanate of Rûm|Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm]] is covered in this timeline, for a more detailed timeline for the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm see [[Timeline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm|Timeline of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm]]. For a timeline of the [[Turkey|modern Turkish state]] and [[Ottoman Empire|its legal predecessor]] see [[Timeline of the Ottoman Empire]] and [[Timeline of Turkish history]]. Beyond what is described in this timeline, [[Turkic peoples]] have lived outside of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, such as in [[Azerbaijan]] and the [[Central Asia]]n republics of former [[USSR]] as well as [[Russia]], [[China]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] & [[India]].<br />
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The '''Turk Jamat''' are a [[Muslim]] community found in [[India]].<ref>''People of India Gujarat'' Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1394–1399</ref> Many members of Turk Jamat Muslim community migrated to [[Pakistan]] after the independence in 1947 and settled in [[Karachi]].<br />
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==History and origin==<br />
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The Turks descent from Turk soldiers who served in the army of the [[Nawab]]s of [[Junagadh]]. They claim to be the earliest [[Muslim]] settlers to the [[Sorath prant|Sorath]] region of [[Kathiawar]]• Turks, community found mainly in the Rohilkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Udham Sing Nagar district of Uttarakhand. Turks of Rohilkhand claim descent from individuals of the Turk ethnicity from Central Asia. 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 Turkey, but historically was also used to describe Central Asian Turkic groups. The Turk biradari claim their descent from the latter group.<br />
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Turks of Rohilkhand and the Terai region. One such tradition claims that the Turks came to India as soldiers who accompanied the 11th century warrior-saint Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud or Ghazi Miyan (circa 1014 – 1034 CE). The Turk settlement took place at a latter date. Indeed some Turks groups, particularly those in Rampur, that are originally emigrants from Central Asia, and came in the army of [[Alauddin Khalji]] or [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk]]s, [[Muhammad of Ghor]] or [[Mamluk]]s & [[Timur]] Or [[Gurkani Turk]]s. These Turks had come from Turkistan region in what is now Central Asia, especially the modern Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan.<br />
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Turk ancestors came to India during the period of the Slave Dynasty or Mamluks (1206 to 1290). During the rule of second sultan Illtutmish (1211-1236), who conquered Badaun and Aonla (Katehr) in Rohilkhand, that their first settlement took place near Aonla. During the rule of Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-86), who made Badaun an important centre of his empire, was when the second settlement of Turks occurred. After ascending the throne, Balban broke up the Amir-i-Chahalgani group of up to the forty most important nobles in the court which was by Iltutmish. As a result, these nobles fled to different villages in Rohilkhand and settled down in the region. The Turks claim descent from these nobles.<br />
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Some of these claim to be descended from a certain well-known and pious Abdullah Turk who originally settled in the village of Ronda in the Moradabad district, where his tomb still exists. His descendants do not intermarry with other clans, The author of the Rampur State gazetteer took the view the Muslim Banzara are really a branch of the [[Turkish people|Turks]] to have come from [[Central Asia]] as soldiers in the armies of Different Turkic Dynasty Mamluks, Seljuks, Gurkani or [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]s. The community are still found mainly in the [[taluka]] of Verawal in [[Junagadh District]]. They are also found in the [[taluka]]s of Keshod, Una, and [[Mandvi]] of [[Junagadh District]]. The community are [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] speaking, using the Kathiawari dialect.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1394-1399</ref><br />
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== Göktürk wave (5th-8th c.) ==<br />
[[File:Gokturk empire at its greatest extent.png|thumb|The [[First Turkic Khaganate]] in 568]]<br />
[[File:Conquest of Western Turks.png|thumb|[[Tang campaigns against the Western Turks]]]]<br />
{{Main|Göktürks}}<br />
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==Present circumstances==<br />
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The [[Turk (caste)|Turk]]s live in northern India, mainly in [[Delhi]], [[Gaziabad]], [[Amroha]], [[Moradabad]], [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]], [[Sambhal]], [[Bijnor]], [[Bareilly]], [[Badaun]] [[Muzaffarnagar]] and [[Meerut]] in Uttar Pradesh, [[Udhamsingh Nagar]], [[Nainital]], [[Haldwani]] and [[Dehradun]] in [[Uttrakhand]], and [[Bhopal]] and [[Junagadh|Junagarh]] in Gujarat. Türks include different families just like Ghör or Ghorids, Gaznavids, Mamluks, Seljuks, Khilzi, Osmani, Gürkani Türks or [[Timurid Empire|Timurid]]s Or [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]s. In this region has 40 to 45% Muslim electoral votes, with a majority of them proud of their Turkic descent. They upset electoral calculations in five Parliament and 17 provincial Assembly constituencies.<br />
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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 Muslim]]s, they have a caste association known as the jamat, which acts both as a welfare organization and an instrument of social control.<ref>People of India Gujarat Volume XXI Part Three edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen pages 1394-1399</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Veraval Turk Jamaat]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br />
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[[Category:Turkish communities outside Turkey]]</div>->HistoryofIran