What is "barlas"

The Barlas ( Mongolian: Barulas; Chagatay/ Barlās; also Berlas) were a Mongol and later Turkicized nomadic confederation in Central Asia.

The Barlas were a Turko-Mongol nomadic confederation in Central Asia.

Barlas may also refer to:

• Barlas (given name), a Turkish given name.
• Barlas (surname), a surname
• Barlas Erinç (21st century), Turkish musician

Barlas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aqil Hussain Barlas (1927–1989), Indian lawyer
• Asma Barlas (born 1950), Pakistani journalist
• John Barlas (1860–1914), English poet

Barlas is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Barlas" means "hero", "brave", "chivalrous" and/or "warrior". It is also the name of one of the -later Turkicized- Mongol confederations ( Barlas) in Central Asia, which was the chief tribe of the Timurids.