Barlas
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The Barlas (also Berlas, Birlas) were a Mongolian 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.
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.[1]
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- ^ The Secret History of the Mongols, transl. by I. De Rachewiltz, Chapter I, (LINK)
