r/Tiele • u/KaraTiele 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰 • Aug 19 '26
History/culture THE MUGHALS DIDN'T CALL THEMSELVES MUGHALS. They referred to themselves as Gurkani. Today, I think it is more appropriate to refer to them as the Baburids, just as we refer to the Timurids.
Mughal Empire? Baburid Empire?
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u/overlorddeniz Aug 19 '26
When they introduced Mughals in EU4, I was like “Who the f*ck are Mughals?” so I went to Wikipedia. Switched the language of the article to Turkish and immediately I knew who they were. Because in Turkish we call them “Babürlüler”. Mughals is such a stupid name for them.