Turkic-Iranian emigration: From Safavid to Mughal Empire

Abstract

In the Middle East there was, especially during the late Middle Ages, a tendency on the part of Muslim kingdoms and to attract demobilized soldiers with the territory that were loyal to the importing dynasty empires. Turkic tribes, nomadic Central Asian origin and provenance were the most demanded group to serve as military captains of sedentary states in the Middle East, and even in some cases ended up assuming sovereign ranges. In the early sixteenth century the fact that, with the entry of firearms, several dynasties of Turkic origin are consolidated in a traditionally volatile region is given. One of these empires, the Safavid, seizes power through a new religious ideology; while the other, Mughal, seizes northern India following the traditional route of the conquerors. The aim of this work, carried out largely by Maathir ul-Umara is to analyze the living conditions of the Turkic elites in both empires and locate the first migratory wave of the Safavid dynasty in the Mughal period of mutual imperial consolidation (1544 -1627). I understood this Turkic migration wave as a new phenomenon compared to previous, analyze the role played by the external relations of the two empires, religious conflict and power relations between the sovereign and his Turkic nationals, as well as the impact of these migration in the region.