Qara'unas

The Qara'unas were Mongol garrison troops settled in Afghanistan, wintering around Ghazna and summering in Ghur and Garchistan.

After the Chagatai Khanate fractured in the 1340s, Qara'una emir Qazaghan and his son Abdullah ruled its western lands through puppet khans. Qazaghan's grandson, the Qara'una leader Husayn, later shared power in Transoxiana with Timur and rebuilt Balkh as his base, but Timur overthrew him in 1370. Timur subjugated the Qara'unas in the 1380s, and their horsemen formed a large part of his army.