Qarlughid Dynasty
1238–1266
South Asia 1250 CE DELHI SULTANATE (MAMLUKS) AHOM LOHA RAS QARLUGHIDS MARYUL GUGE KUMAON SOOMRAS MAKRAN SULTANATE MONGOL EMPIRE VAGHELAS CHUDASAMAS PARAMARAS CHANDELAS GUHILAS BUNDELAS KHANGARS JAISALMER MARWAR AMBER AMARKOT CHEROS NAGVANSIS KAKATIYAS CHODAS EASTERN GANGAS YADAVAS PANDYAS CHOLAS HOYSALAS KADAMBAS CHERAS   ◁ ▷ The Qarlughids in South Asia, circa 1250 CE
Bukhara Kunduz Samarkand Herat Multan DELHI SULTANATE (MAMLUKS) Balh QARLUGHIDS Kandahar Ghazni Kabul Gilgit MONGOL EMPIRE LOHARAS Hund Bost Bamiyan
Capital	Ghazna, Bamiyan
Common languages	Nāgarī script (written)
Religion	Islam
Government	Monarchy
Malik, Khan
• 1238–1249	Saif al-Din al-Hasan Qarlugh
• 1249–1259	Nasir al-Din Muhammad Qarlugh
History
• Established	1238
• Disestablished	1266
Currency	Jital
Preceded by Succeeded by Khwarazmian dynasty Ghurid dynasty Delhi Sultanate Mongol Empire
Today part of	Afghanistan Pakistan

The Qarlughids were a tribe of Turkic origin that controlled Ghazni, lands of the Bamyan, the Kurram Valley (Ghazna, Banban, and Kurraman), and established a short-lived Muslim principality and dynasty that lasted between 1236 and 1266. The Qarlughids (or Karluk Turks) arrived from the north to settle in the regions of Hazarajat together with the armies of Muhammad II of Khwarezm, the Shah of Khwarezm.

Throughout most of its existence, the Qarlugh Kingdom functioned as a buffer state between its two powerful neighbors, the Delhi Sultanate to the east and south and the Mongol Empire to the north and west.^[1] With the Malik on the throne, the Qarlugh would frequently switch allegiances between their two powerful neighbors and through balanced diplomacy managed to become an important trade intermediary between the Mongols of Central Asia and the lands of the subcontinent. One testament to Qarlughid prosperity is the significant coinage found from this dynasty.^{[2][better source needed]}

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  Coinage of Saif al-Din al-Hasan (1239-1249), ruler of the Qarlughids. Sind mint. In the name of the Abbasid Caliph, al-Zahir. Struck in 1225-1226 CE.
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  Coinage of Nasir al-Din Muhammad Qarlugh (1249-1259) in the Indian Sarada script: śri maha /mada ka/ raluka.

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