It depends on the timing.
The first Muslim conquest of territories on the Indian periphery was the conquest of Sindh by Muhammed bin Qasim of the Umayyad Caliphate from 711-715. He, and the army he led, were primarily composed of Arabs, not Turks. The Umayyad Caliphate brough Islam to the areas it had conquered, but was ineffective at spreading Islam throughout the subcontinent.
However, in the subsequent centuries, the Turkic Seljuqs, Timurids, and Mughals would all conquer areas on the Indian perimeter with the Mughals penetrating deep into the subcontinent. As a result, the Mughals were far more effective at spreading Islam deep into India.
The Trojans were Turks. This claim is based on four factors: 1. Information of Old European authors, who write about the Turkic origins of the Trojans. The Fredegar Chronicle of the 7th century, Gesta Francorum of the 12th century, Tyreli William of the 12th century, Andrea Dandalo of the 14th century and many others considered the Turks to have descended from the Turcos of the Trojan origin. Felik Fabri, a German author, referred the Turkic history of Troy to the older period - to the time of Teucros. Giovanni Mario Filelfo informs in his work "Amyris" that Sultan Mehmed the 2nd presented his victory over Greeks as a triumph of justice. According to him, with the conquest of Istanbul the Turks revenged the Greeks who had once occupied it. Sultan Mehmed, the Turkish sultan, who was well-informed about the Turkic origins of Troy, was right to consider the conquest of Istanbul as vengeance for Troy. Later in the 20th century Mustafa Kemal Ataturk considered his victory on foreign invaders as vengeance for Ektor, a Trojan hero, the son of the last Trojan king - Priam. In fact these Turkish victories were not at all invasion, but liberation of old motherland and vengeance for Troy of which evidence the European sources of 7th-15th centuries. After Troy was destroyed by the Greeks, its population migrated in different directions, among which two of them are of particular interest: those who migrated to Italy founded the Etruscan civilization and those who settled in the north of Europe were dealt with in old Germanic sagas as the Turkic kings of Sweden and Norway. The second factor to prove the Turkic origins of the Trojans is the Etruscan writings that has been deciphered by Ch.Garasharli through Old Turkic languages. The Etruscans are known to have descended from the Trojans who had migrated to Italy after the collapse of Troy. Some European researchers yet in the previous centuries having found Turkic words in the Etruscan language, considered it to be of Turkic origin. They could not however go further on into the texts, as their translation needed a deeper knowledge of Old Turkic languages which could serve as key to the Etruscan writings. It was done by Garasharli in his researches. Garasharli is right to say that the old European sources had no reason to fabricate false stories about Troy. He presents numerous facts of the Old Turkic names of the Trojans that prove the information of the Old European authors. It is the third factor to prove the Turkic origins of the Trojans: Priam, the name of the last Trojan king, is obviously the same Priyam, the name of a Turanian commander, described in an old Turkic (Kazakh) epic. It should be mentioned that the Kazakh anthroponomy is particularly distinguished among Turkic languages for containing evident early Mediterranean (Trojan, Pelasgian) names. Even the name of the Ionian (Pelasgian) folk singer and poet, Homer, turns out to have its counterpart in the Kazakh epic: Gumar, a mythological Turanian folk singer Garasharli discovers in the anthoponomy of the Trojans a whole group of Turkic names, which have evident counterparts in the old Turkic, Kazakh, Kirghizian, Chuvash and other Turkic languages. Dardan, an ancestor of Priam's generation, is the same Kirghizian Dardan - a personal name. And the interpretation is reasonable: Turkic Dardan stems from the Kirghizian appellative dardan, which forms the personal name meaning "healthy", "enormous", "clumsy". Alber, the name of a Trojan commander, is the same old Turkic Alper, denoting "hero", "brave" (O.Turk. alp, alb, "hero", "brave" - er "man") which was widely used as a component of Old Turkic personal names, and in the name of Alper Tonga, a Turanian ruler. Garasharli discovers this name in old Germanic sagas. "The saga about Nibelungs" tells us about the albs ("heroes") and their king Alberikh - Trojan by origin, who were the leaders of the Trojans.. Askan, the name of a Trojan hero, is completely consonant with an Old Turkic personal name - Askan, used by the Huns. Today it is observed in the anthroponomy of the Turkic Altays. Ch.Garasharli derives its origin from the appellative askan ("violent", "naughty") used in Turkic languages. Paris, the name of Priam's son, is found to coincide with the Turkic (Khakas) Paris, a variant of the personal names Baris/Barys/Barysh/Bars, used in other Turkic languages. It is derived from the Turkic parys/pars/bars ("ounce", "snow leopard") and used as the symbol of strength in Turkic anthroponomy. It is also observed in such compound personal names as Barsbeg, Barskan, Barısbek (Kazakh), Barisbi (Karachay - Balkar), etc. The onomastic analogies found by the author are more and more. He finds that Aytilla, Priam's sister, to be the same as the Kirghizian Aytilla, a male name. Batiya, a female personal name, referred to the daughter of Teucros, the first king of Troy, is the same Batiya used in the Kazakh anthroponomy as female name. Thus, the author finds the names of both Priam and his generation in Turkic anthroponomy. Garasharli finds out analogies between Turkic-Trojan gods. For instance, Bayana, Athorodita's epithet in Troy. In Greek mythology Athorodita was known as the goddess of marriage, birth and nursing". The same function belonged to the Turkic Goddess, Bayana, which has obvious Turkic roots. Composed of the Turkic bay ("protectress", "great", "sacred") and ana ("mother"), the theonym denotes "the protectress of the tribe", "the great mother of the tribe". Finally, the fourth factor is the Old Turkic (Trojan) lexicon borrowed into the Scandinavian languages from the Trojan language, brought here by the Trojans after the collapse of Troy. The existance of Turkic Trojans in Scandinavia was dealt by prof. Sven Lagerbring (1707-1787) in his book "The Turkic fathers of the Scandinavians". In his book he demonstrates a lot of Turkic words used in the Swedish language with the same meaning as in Turkic.
Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire, had interactions with several tribes in the region that is now Afghanistan. The most notable among these were the Khwarezmian Empire, which included various Persian and Turkic tribes. Additionally, the Mongols faced resistance from local tribes like the Tajiks and Pashtuns during their invasions. However, Genghis Khan did not belong to any specific Afghan tribe; he was a Mongol from the steppe regions of what is now Mongolia.
The Huns were an early confederation of Central Asian equestrian (horse-riding) nomads or semi-nomads, with a Turkic core of aristocracy. As a more or less nomadic tribe, the Huns cannot be accurately ascribed a territory of origin. Modern opinion is that the Huns' origins can be traced to Turkic region based on the ancient records which described that the Hunnic language was close to that of the Töles, a Turkic Tribe. As time passed and as they traversed through Asia and Europe, they started to settle in modern day Hungary which provided them with enough resources to start a settlement.
They were different in so many ways. The 'true' Huns were generally of Asian (Mongol) or Turkic origin while the German tribes were Germanic. The Huns often fought on horseback as archers while the Germans preferred foot.
None. Kubla Khan is the protagonist of a poem which uses mountains, valleys and woods as the metaphor for a woman's thighs and nether regions. Genghis Khan was a real person, and is the answer to a trivia question about a John F. Kerry.
In Turkey, the majority of the population are Muslims.
The largest population of Turkic Muslims in China is the UYGHUR Turkish population, which numbers between 10-15 million Chinese citizens. Other Turkic minorities include the Kazakhs, Dongxian, Kyrgyz, Salars, Ili Turki, Uzbeks, and Bonans. (With the exception of the Kazakhs, which number 1.5 million Chinese citizens, each of these groups has less than 1 million Chinese citizens.)It is notable that equally as common as the Uyghurs are the Hui Muslims, who are ethnic Han Chinese people who are Muslims (as opposed to being Turkic like the above ethnic groups).
Religion: majority of kazakhs - muslims, russians - orthodoxLanguage: Kazakhs - Turkic, Russians - Slavic
Poetry in Afghanistan has long been a cultural tradition and passion. Historically, poetry written in the Persian language has been dominant, although in recent times, poetry in Pashto and Turkic languages are becoming more recognised.
Poetry in Afghanistan has long been a cultural tradition and passion. Historically, poetry written in the Persian language has been dominant, although in recent times, poetry in Pashto and Turkic languages are becoming more popular.
In Pre-Islamic Turkic beliefs were dominated by shamanism. Tengri, the sky God was worshiped by the upper classes until Manichaeism was introduced in 763 during the Uyghur Empire. Tibetan Buddhism or Vajrayana was the main religion after Manichaeism. The Buddhist worshipped Tanri Tanrisi Burxan. Quansi Im Pusar and Maitri Burxan. Many Turkic people became Muslims under the influence of the Sufis and the major Christian Turkic people belong to the Chuvash of Chuvashia and the Gagauz.
No, Hungarian is not a Turkic language. It belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family, which is distinct from the Turkic language family.
Turkic Council was created on 2009-10-03.
It is estimated that there are around 1 to 2 million Tajik people living in Afghanistan, primarily in the northern and northeastern parts of the country. Tajiks make up one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
First Perso-Turkic War happened in 588.
Second Perso-Turkic War happened in 619.
Third Perso-Turkic War happened in 627.