THE TREE OF CHUGHTAI FAMILY – MOVERS AND SHAKERS FROM MONGOLIA

THE TREE OF CHUGHTAI FAMILY
MOVERS AND SHAKERS FROM MONGOLIA
Shook the World of their times

Chaghatai Khan
Chaghatai Khan

The Chinese girl came with a delegation to our museum. We talked of Chaghatai Khan. The way she pronounced the name was like a song YAGH TAI. Every time she uttered the word, a tremor ran through me. Just who was this Chaghatai Khan. Very simply, the second son of Genghis Khan, the Khan of his tribe from 1226 to 1242 AD. Yes the Chaghatai language as well as his clan takes the name from him and him alone.

Chagatai-Khan-Jaghatai-statue
Chagatai-Khan-Jaghatai-statue

Born: 1183
Died: 1242, Ghulja, China
Spouse: Ebuskun
Siblings: Ögedei Khan, Jochi Khan, Tolui
Parents: Genghis Khan, Börte
Children: Yesü Möngke, Baidar, Mutugen

Chagatai_Khan
Chagatai_Khan

The funny part is that Lahore was full of Chughtais, and yet we hardly see them. Why is there a dearth of Chughtais in the world? A compere on TV was rectifying the fact of the absence of the Mughals in Lahore. He said that Ranjit Singh hated the Mughals and had put a price on their head. This was in retribution to the price on the heads of the Sikhs in Mir Mannu’s time. The difference here was obvious. The price at that time was due to the dacoitry activities in Lahore, which needed to be curbed., But the head on the Mughals was due to vengeance alone and nothing else. Who said rationality wins all the time? Nothing like that. The result that most of the families changed their names and were not happy to be spotted as of a certain ethnic group. And the Sikhs were not alone in this. The English after Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of Independence, hanged and executed whichever Mughals they could find with any kind of Royal links. Dwyer is reputed to have drunk the blood of Mughal Princes. So the Mughals went into hiding. And the hiding was so strong that their children even went absent from their roots. It was in the late 19th century, that families found their roots again. The upsurge of ethnicity had sprung and that too due to the English administration, who insisted the ethnic roots being written on any official form. But then fashion took over.

Funeral of Chaghatai Khan
Funeral of Chaghatai Khan

The Chughtais came back into fashion. The result that that everybody started acting, feeling and pretending to be a Chughtai. No harm done except to themselves. But a Chughtai can be recognized from the face itself. They are particularly different from the other Punjab residents here. Their habits are different. They were rulers of dynasties and this royalty springs from even the weakest of them. Our M.A. Rahman Chughtai brought fame to the city of his ancestors all over the world. Yes, indeed Lahore is Lahore, and nothing like it anywhere.

Family
Family

95 thoughts on “THE TREE OF CHUGHTAI FAMILY – MOVERS AND SHAKERS FROM MONGOLIA”

    1. Do you have much information about the Chughtai families living in Kucha Chughtain and Kucha Loharan inside Mochi Darwaza?

        1. Hi Mudassar do u have any information about family tree in Kuch aloharan inside mochi drwaza or name of some family late living there from 1858 to 1950 i know some of them Jalauddin son of Azizuddin they move to Makkah in 1950

          1. Just saw today I am Chughtai and was.born in Motchi darwaza at kucha kazi Khana 1966 and have family history of 1800 up there

        2. Dear Mudassar, if you have any information about late chughtai families inside mochi gate please inform me. My grand father’s grand father was of that area.

          1. Assalaam alaikum Chughtais. My grandfather, great grandfather were living in Nur Gali. Please would anyone have related information- family tree etc ? My grandfather moved away from Pakistan to East Africa – Nairobi.

        3. Hi @mudasir can you please get tin touch with me 00971558805600 on whatsapp I am interested in knowing or meeting people specifically from Lahore mochi gate muhalla Chughtaian or muhalla peer gilanian.

      1. Hi Hashim do u have any information about family tree in Kuch aloharan inside mochi drwaza or name of some family late living there from 1858 to 1950 i know some of them Jalauddin son of Azizuddin they move to Makkah in 1950

          1. Hashim bhai if u have any information about chughtai family in side muchi or lohari gate pls send to me thanks

        1. Adil M Tufail Jalauddin – Let me know the best way to get in contact with you, mobile or email etc.. happy to speak ..

      2. Hashim bhai if u have any information about chughtai family in side muchi or lohari gate pls send to me thanks

    2. The clan is called Borjigid, which means “blue-grey wolf tribe”. Chinggis Haan’s ancestor was called Bodonchar Munkhaag.

      My family’s name is Haan Baghatur, and we descend from Jochi Haan and the Qipchak Haanate.

      1. It is obvious that most descendants trace their family to some lineage in the family tree. Aligning oneself with one is the prerogative of persons. Timurids called themselves Chaghatais from the son Chaghta Khan himself. There are variants like Mirza, Baig, etc etc. Some still call themselves Chingizi. It is reflective of the traditions. The tradition started from the clan of sons of Changez Khan himself. No lineage remains pure as it intermingles with the people of the area. Timurids of Delhi origin are Urdu speaking, while that of Punjab are Punjabi speaking. That of Uzbekistan, Usbek speaking. That is life. Changing all the time. But the WOLF is still in us, as it makes us fight with the wrongs of life. They have sealed the area where there is the mausoleum of Changez Khan, realizing that the discovery of his remains will ignite pride in the person, who the West has painted as Evil all the time. Only great people retain their greatness centuries after their death.

  1. I’m also Chughtai. Our for Father’s “Mirza Qasim Baig” came from Bukhar uzbekistan. we are from lahore.Now a days we are living in dera Ismail khan. During British cruelty we left Lahore. our grand father were used to “Baloch” with themselves.

  2. It is not an easy job to trace family history. One can try on reliable grounds in locating family documents and these are really difficult to find for no one bothered to preserve them. Old people are often unreliable in their memory. So remain cool. Your face shows everything. In mixture of families traces of DNA are there. In USA there is possibility of DNA charting and they will tell you what they know. Pride is not of blood, pride is of achievements.

  3. We will put a blog on Changez Khan very soon, being the latest news about him. We will show you his bones, actual.

    1. Anyone know of ancestors of Miraj uddin Chughtai, Mian Imam uddin CHUGHTAI ? Lahore – Nur Gali area

    1. My grand father moved to Peshawar from Multan. His father name was Jalal Din and he stayed in Multan area Jahaniyah. There was small town name Jalal town, i do not know if it still exist. What was your grand grand father name?

    1. Arif bhai we are chughtai from lahore but i born in Makkah my name in my id return in arabic word Shaftai so pls if you have any ideas about chughtai Tree let me know Thanks

  4. Arif Rahman Chughtai! do you have information about the route and period of Chughtai’s arrival in lahore? If you have mention please.

    1. Changez Khan distributed his empire amongst his five sons within his lifetime. There you have a date. That is Chughata Khan, Ogedei Khan, Jochi Khan, Toregene Khan, and Tolui Khan. Central Asia went to Chughata Khan. But many inhabitants came with Timur and later with Babur himself.

  5. Asalaamu Alaikum,

    My family belongs to the authentic royal bloodline of Zahurruddin Muhammad Babur, we are direct descendants and Allahumdullilah Mughal’s. Our roots are further traced back Amir Taimur. Our facial features are distinct and look somewhat Oriental, Persian, Uzbek and Turk, we are of fair complexion and some have coloured eyes. From our elders we have also come to know that our ancestors Mughals were persecuted by the British and fled and changed their names to save their lives. However our blood and characteristics are of a hot blooded nature, very temperamental and stubborn with a leadership mindset as well as possessing noble traits, males and females are both of alpha nature. We are Mughal’s from Lahore and prior to partition from Amritsar and our ancestors came from a border area of Kalanur in Afghanistan to continue the progeny. We are told we are Mughal Pathan and use Mirza Baig / Mughal with our names. We are a reputable family from Lahore with relatives in Multan, Kasur, khanewal and primarily mostly settled abroad in UK, Europe, and Canada. Our family tree records were at Hazrat Mia Mir and many of our relatives are laid to rest there and in the latar part at Miani Sahib.

    One of my Great Grand fathers cousins use to get royal protocol at the time of the British Raj by the British with red carpet treatment and use to travel by train as well as having silos of wealth. There was a court case in Lahore over 50/60 years ago where someone tried to use defamation against my grandfathers brother who challenged him in court on the authenticity of our Mughal origins and won the case as he had evidence of our shijara e Nasab. A Mughal can be identified by his characteristics no matter how rich or poor they know their DNA and will never compromise their honour and dignity.

    1. Direct links are impossible to trace because of massive murders and assassination of direct line. Most of the Mughal princes were murdered by the British even. One can trace families through indirect links but with time purity of no race is possible. When marriages are inter racial, further confusion comes in. If you reveal your links, we will research on them. But do not cut short the mughal line with cut short theories, the royal mughals were full of compassion, aesthetic sense and were not war mongers. They were planners and God fearing all of them. Stories are just legends minimizing their personality put in by Hindus and Britishers.

    2. Yes, it is true and I am a Chughtai mughal and we realize this but first and foremost we should remember that being a Muslim is the main thing and we should all be united and then search for our roots too. I was born in Lahore and was brought up out side Pakistan where as most of my elder relatives are also buried in Lahore’s biggest grave yard (Miani sahib or some thing ).

  6. Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1162-1227) rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China. According to
    to situation of ancient every commander of tribe and terrory. he was he was dominate the neighbour empire he suppress other one .Nov 9, 2009

  7. Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1162-1227) rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China. According to
    to situation of ancient every commander of tribe and terrory. he was he was dominate the neighbour empire he suppress other one .Nov 9, 2009

  8. Anybody still active?
    Chughtai from Lahore living in UK.
    Would like to know if there’s anything significant about that?

  9. I am muhammad Jamil Chughtai, a militaryman living in Rawalpindi. Our great-grand-father and his family left Dehli in the aftermath of 1857 scene of Revolt against British to save their lives from British looking for mughals to finish any traces of battered mughal empire. They first hid in Kashmir and then descended to the plains of Rawalpindi area. Feel proud to be a descendant of Chugatai dynasty. Mostly, the Chugatais can be identified with their upward slanting eyes and a bit thicker eyebrows. They are artistic, good at skills, hard task masters and maverick in temperament.

      1. I required information about Chughtai role in the Mughal empire of Hindustan before the 1857 war.

  10. My brother recently returned from Pakistan and he sat with one of the elders, I have a Mughal (Chughata) family tree that connects me back to Meerut India 1854, going back 7 generations to Abdul Rasool who had three sons (Shams Din, Fazal Din and Ibrahim), I’m descended from Ibrahims’ linage, I’m curious to learn more, but cannot really fully connect back further, because I don’t live in India or Pakistan anymore. As far as I understand there used to be a time (after the Mughals dispersed from Meerut after the Meerut uprising ) a person used to come to visit my forefathers, what is now Pakistan – near Lalamoosa, to keep a record of births and deaths of the family. but that stopped many many years ago. I’m 7th generation, my great grandfather, 4th generation, I think came from Meerut, during or just before the uprising of 1857. Anyway, I understand brothers from the 4th generation came and settled in various of Pakistan (Punjab region). Happy to discuss further. Thank you for reading.

  11. I need Chughtai history.i am also chughtai.basically from India ferozpura then move Pakistan minchinabad bahwalnagar.any body help me finding the history.

  12. Just trying to mark my presence in the blog. My father’s name Mushtaq Ahmed Naseem Chughtai, Grandpa Mian Abdul Rasheed Chughtai.
    Dr. Akhtar Sohail Chughtai, CEO Chughtai Lab, is my father-like Chacha.
    Will write in detail later.
    Regards

  13. Both brothers of Chughtai lab called here some time back. One is married to a family member of mine.

  14. Just trying to mark my presence in the blog.

    My father’s name Fazal Ellahi Chughtai S/o Chiragh Din Chughtai.
    We are three brothers:
    1. Mirza Muhammad Siddique Chughtai. He is blind and retired as Teacher from Blind School Peoples Colony Gujranwala.
    2. Abdul Rahman Chughtai is a retired Federal Government Officer from National Assembly.
    3. My Name is Abdul Ghafoor Chughtai. I am also a Federal Government Officer. have two sons Ghulam Mustafa Chughtai and Muhammad Chughtai
    Resident of
    Kot Jaffar Tehsil Wazirabad
    District Gujranwala Pakistan
    Currently residing in Islamabad
    Regards

  15. Umair Asghar Mughal belongs to Chughtai / Chughata family settled in Lahore ,area of tribe Kanganpur Kasur.
    I know our tree from 1850s
    Hasal Din and Wasal Din 2 brothers
    Hasal Din
    Qamar u Din 7 sons
    Main Barkat Ali, Main Hakam Ali, Main Hashmat Ali, Main Akbar Ali, Main Asghar Ali, Main Aslam Ali, Mian Akran Ali
    Main Asghar Ali has 3 Sons
    Umair Asghar Mughal, Waqas Asghar , Ali Asghar

    I got good information from this blog and happy to connect new people.
    Lets do great.

  16. MY NAME IS SAMI UDDIN CHUGHTAI SON OF BASHIR UDDIN CHUGHTAI S/O ALA UDDIN CHUGHTAI FROM LAHORE PRESENTLY LIVING IN ALKHOBAR SAUDI ARABIA. MY GRANDFATHER USED LIVE IN MOCHI DARWAZA BEFORE HE MOVED TO SHAD BAGH IN 1953. ALSO I CAN GRAVES OF FORE FATHERS IN MIANI SAHIB GRAVEYARD LAHORE.I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHUGHTAI HISTORY.

  17. MY NAME IS ABDUL GHAFOOR CHUGHTAI MY ELDER BROTHERS NAME ABDUL RAHMAN CHUGHTAI AND MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE. I AM YOUNGER SON OF FAZAL ELLAHI CHUGHTAI YOUNGEST S/O CHIRAGH DIN CHUGHTAI FROM VILLAGE KOT JAFAR TEHSIL WAZIRABAD DISTRICT GUJRANWALA PUNJAB NAME OF MY ELDER BROTHERS OF MY FATHER’S ARE NOOR HUSSAIN AND GHULAM HUSSAIN. PRESENTLY I AM LIVING IN SECTOR F-6/4, ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN. MY ELDER BROTHER ALSO LIVES IN ISLAMABAD AND ELDEST BROTHER MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE LIVES IN GUGRANWALA. MY GRANDFATHER AND THEIR FOREFATHERS LIVES IN KOT JAFAR SINCE THEIR BIRTH. ALSO I CAN GRAVES OF FORE FATHERS IN GRAVEYARD KOT JAFAR. I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHUGHTAI HISTORY OF THIS FAMILY OF THIS REGION.

  18. Aslam u alikum. My Name Sardar Ali Nawaz Chughtai. From Mian channun basically from Dera Ghazi khan

  19. Are people with chugh surname in India also related to the mongol Chagatai Khanate , even though this surname is found in hindu , sikhs and muslims in India?

  20. Aoa I m Muhammad zubair chugtai my grand father sultan ahmed migrated from DIKhan chugtai mohallah sadat Islamia chowk 90 years back to khushab he has one sister jhis sister family still living there I want to get information about my relatives is there any one from DI Khan who knows them

  21. We lost our recognize it’s mean chughtai I want make chughtai group 03214381443 what’s up my name is umer chughtai and I live in mochi gate lahore

  22. Hello Everyone Love see that we are still here and we are so much we should make some kind of alliance of Chughtai around the globe to collect our history and protect of ancestral things. If We didn’t put we and our generation will lost.

    We should make or find of roots property

    As we are big in big number we can make this change and become community.

    I am leaving my number you contact me 00923156465357

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