Ghulam Rasool Gangi was a direct descendant of
Genghis Khan
''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan''
, birth_name = Temüjin
, successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan
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, house = Borjigin
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and the son of Pir Bukhsh. His family moved from
Yarkand
Yarkant County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also Shache County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also transliterated from Uyghur as Yakan County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous ...
and
Kashgar
Kashgar ( ug, قەشقەر, Qeshqer) or Kashi ( zh, c=喀什) is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang. It is one of the westernmost cities of China, near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan ...
to India in 1598, where he lived in the Siakolt district of
Langrewali. For three generations, Abdul Rashid Khan's descendants were rulers of
Khotan
Hotan (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Western China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become ...
and Yarkand, but were scattered geographically until 1707. Quresh Sultan, one of Abdul Rashid Khan's sons, and other Chugtai royal family members were relocated to India during the time of Emperor Akbar.
1857 Rebellion
Ghulam Rasool and his family hid their identity from the British Imperial Forces because the British were killing Indians that belonged to
Mughal tribes. British Indian Sialkot district records show the caste of Ghulam Rasool as Gangi or Kangi, which was probably adopted to hide his identity from the government.
Family
Ghulam Rasool had many children, but their names are not known because they were changed. The names of his sons were
Sadawar,
Ghaseeta,
Nathu, and Jamiat. Terms like Mughal, Beg, Chughtai or Mirza were avoided along with their names to hide their identity. Information about his Chughtai family was mostly collected by
Nabi Bukhsh Mughal, a grandson of Sadawar. The legal copyright record is owned by
Muhammad Aslam Mughal son of Allah Dita Mughal, a great grandson of Sadawar.
Genealogy of Chughtai Mughal family of Langrewali, Sialkot
["Pehchan" by Muhammad Aslam Mughal, Chughtai Mughals of a small village Langrewali, Sialkot]
References
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