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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

The Mughals belonged to which of the following tribe by birth?

Options:

Chaghtai Turks

Safavids

Persian Turks

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Chaghtai Turks

Explanation:

Mughal court chronicles were written in Persian. Under the Sultans of Delhi, it flourished as a language of the court and of literary writings, alongside north Indian languages, especially Hindavi and its regional variants. As the Mughals were Chaghtai Turks by origin, Turkish was their mother tongue. Their first ruler Babur wrote poetry and his memoirs in this language.

Chagtai Turks traced descent from the eldest son of Genghiz Khan.