Hajji Beg Barlas

Hajji Beg Barlas
Head of Barlas
Hajji
Beg
7th Head-Leader of the Barlas Clan
Leadership1360 – 1361
PredecessorTimur Barlas
SuccessorTimur Barlas
BornSaif al-din Barlas
Early 14th-Century
Transoxiana
Chagatai Khanate
Died1361 CE.
Chagatai Khanate
Names
Saif al-din Hajji Beg Barlas
Era dates
(14th–Centuries)
HouseBarlas
FatherBurlaki Barlas
ReligionSunni Islam
OccupationLeadership of Clan

Hajji Beg Barlas (Chagatay/Persian: حاجی بیگ برلاس; early 14th century  – 1361) was a leader of the Barlas tribe, and the immediate predecessor in this role to his nephew Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire. He was the great-great-grandson Qarachar Barlas with his lineages tracing as: Hajji Beg; the son of Burlaki Barlas; the son of Nemule Barlas; the son of Yesunte Mongke Barlas; the son of Darughachi Qarachar Barlas. During his time as a Military Commander for the Mongols, he was given the surname and title of Hajji because of his pilgrimages to Mecca. His real name "Saif al-din Barlas", and get the Beg title was given for his Chieftain or Head-Leader of Barlas Clan.