Turks

I am back again with a New Topic:- Who are Afghans? Why do we call 'Afghanistan' to regions of 'Khorasan'?

To understand the history of 'Afghans', I will take you back to discussion of Turks. As I always and previously said that I write historical notes from Turanian School of History and associate myself with it. Before we discuss the question of Afghan, I would like to discuss the reasons why Turks celebrate "Turan" as a centrifugal force instead of Mongolia (Place of their Origin). 

There had been Three Major Migration of Turkic People on Earth. First Migration (From Mongolia) was kicked off by the call of Oghuz Khan (Europe calls it Barbaric Invasions). Second Migration was kicked off by the Ghaznavids (Founders of Ghaznavid State) in all directions of earth. Third Migration of Turks took place due to the rise of Mongols. 

Oghuz Khan is a legendary figure among Turks and considered Zulqarnain (mentioned in Quran) among Islamic Turkic People. He is descendant of Turk and became a follower of One God (In Turkic Language, call it Tengri). After he became Khan, he preached Tengrism and a civil war broke out between his followers and Shamanist Turks (cousins of Oghuz Khan, one of them was Mogul). He defeated them and pushed them to east. These defeated Shamanist Turks are came to known as "Mongol". 

In 500 AD, Göktürks established a giant Khanate and United all Turkic People including Mongols into it with Buddhism as State Religion but within 100 years, Western Part of Göktürks was annexed in Caliphate. It was the point when Turks became Muslims, these were the Turks living in "Turan". Therefore, Muslim Turks (Turkmen) consider Turan as centrifugal force. And not Mongolia. Turan consists Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

Ghaznavid State was founded by Mahmood Ghaznavi which was divided into Seljuk Sultanate and Delhi Sultanate. During this time, when Western Göktürk Khanate was annexed into Caliphate, the Eastern Göktürks Khanate became weak and it gave an opportunity for Mongoloids to rise. 

During the rise of Shamanist Mongols, not all Mongolian Turks were Shamanist. Few of them converted to Buddhism and few into Islam. They were being persecuted by Shamanist in their territories. Therefore, they began to migrate (Third Turkic Migration) from there and took refuge in Islamic Turkic Khanate (i.e. Turan). These Islamicised Mongol Refugees in Turan were called 'Afghans'. A Minority of them settled in India while Majority settled in Turan. Few among the Afghan settlers in India also became Sultans like family of Jalal Ud Din Khilji, family of Lodis and family of Sher Shah Suri. 

People who use Surname "Khan" are Afghans? How many types of Khans do we have? I will tell you about it some other time. Do you learn something new from my posts, let me know? Your appreciation keeps me motivated to share my knowledge.