The Barlas (also Berlas, Birlas) were a Mongolian, later Turkicized^[1][2] nomadic confederation in Central Asia and the chief tribe of the Timurid emperors who ruled much of Central Asia, Iran, and Hindustan in the Middle Ages. Due to extensive contacts with Turkic-speaking Central Asian nomads, the tribe later adopted the religion Islam and the Chagatai-Turkic language which itself was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian. Turkification is a term used to describe a cultural change in which something or someone non-Turkish is made to become Turkish. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... Flag of the Timurid Empire according to the Catalan Atlas c. ... The term Hindustan (Hindi: हिन्दुस्तान [Hindustān], Urdu: [Hindustān], from the (Persian) Hindu + -stān, often formerly rendered Hindoostan) and the adjective Hindustani may relate to various aspects of three geographical areas (see Names of India): The modern Republic of India. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... The Chagatai language is an extinct Turkic language which was once widely spoken in Central Asia. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Farsi redirects here. ...

According to The Secret History of the Mongols - a 13th century epic written during the reign of Ögedei Khan - the Barlas were descendants of the Mongol warlord Bodonchir (Bodon Achir; Bodon'ar Mungqaq) who was also considered the direct ancestor of Genghis Khan.^[3] The 14th century conqueror Timur was from a noble family of the Barlas clan.^[4] The Secret History of the Mongols is the first literary work of Mongolian culture. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... The epic is a broadly defined genre of narrative poetry, characterized by great length, multiple settings, large numbers of characters, or long span of time involved. ... Ögedei Khan, (Mongolian: , Ögöödei; also Ogotai or Oktay; c. ... This article is about the person. ... For the similar-sounding word Timor, see Timor (disambiguation). ...

See also

• Mongol Empire
• Timurids

Expansion of the Mongol Empire Historical map of the Mongol Empire The Mongol Empire, also known as the Mongolian Empire (Mongolian: , Mongolyn Ezent Güren; 1206–1405) was the largest contiguous empire in history and for sometime was the most feared in Eurasia. ... Flag of the Timurid Empire according to the Catalan Atlas c. ...

References

1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Timur", Online Academic Edition, 2007.
2. ^ G.R. Garthwaite, "The Persians", Malden, ISBN 9781557868602, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2007. (p.148)
3. ^ The Secret History of the Mongols, transl. by I. De Rachewiltz, Chapter I.
4. ^ René Grousset, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia, Rutgers University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8135-1304-9 (p.409)