People / group
Barlas
The Barlas were a Mongol tribe that settled in Transoxiana and became largely Turkic in language and Muslim in faith. They held lands around Kesh in the Chagatai realm. Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire, came from this tribe.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Barlas. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/barlas
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- “Barlas.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/barlas. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Barlas.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/barlas.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Barlas’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/barlas (Accessed: ).
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