Hazara-i-Karlugh

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Hazara-i-Karlugh literally means "The Legion of Karlugh". The term refers to the Turk soldiers that founded and ruled the Turki Shahi dynasties from circa 1400 to 1700 in the current Hazara Division area of Pakistan. Karlugh is an Indian version of the word Qarluk. Hazar means thousand in Persian.

According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 76, Hazara-i-Karlugh, or the Karlugh Legion was settled in the current Hazara Division of Pakistan by Timur after his invasion of India in 1398-99.

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