{"id":2120,"date":"2015-04-23T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2015-04-23T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:07:37","slug":"the-tree-of-chughtai-family-movers-and-shakers-from-mongolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=2120","title":{"rendered":"THE TREE OF CHUGHTAI FAMILY – MOVERS AND SHAKERS FROM MONGOLIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE TREE OF CHUGHTAI FAMILY
\nMOVERS AND SHAKERS FROM MONGOLIA
\nShook the World of their times<\/p>\n

\"Chaghatai<\/a>
Chaghatai Khan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Chagatai-Khan-Jaghatai-statue\"<\/a>
Chagatai-Khan-Jaghatai-statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born: 1183
\nDied: 1242, Ghulja, China
\nSpouse: Ebuskun
\nSiblings: \u00d6gedei Khan, Jochi Khan, Tolui
\nParents: Genghis Khan, B\u00f6rte
\nChildren: Yes\u00fc M\u00f6ngke, Baidar, Mutugen<\/p>\n

\"Chagatai_Khan\"<\/a>
Chagatai_Khan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Funeral<\/a>
Funeral of Chaghatai Khan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Family\"<\/a>
Family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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