Babürlülerin Hindistan gibi kendilerine yabancı olan bir
coğrafyada yüzlerce farklı dil ve ırktan insanları kısa zamanda hâkimiyet altına alarak 300 seneden fazla ülkenin yönetimini elinde
bulundurması tarihçiler tarafından o çağların en büyük olayları
arasında gösterilmektedir. Osmanlı Devleti ile farklı coğrafyaların
hükmedenleri olan ve çağlarına damgalarını vuran bu iki Türk
devletinin birbirleriyle yakın ilişkiler içindeydiler.
Türk Devletleri ve Türk asıllı yöneticilerin Hindistan‟da göstermiş
olduğu faaliyetler dolayısı ile iki toplum arasında çok yönlü olarak
devam etmiştir. Türklerin Hindistan‟ın siyasi, diplomatik, kültür,
eğitim ve edebiyat hayatına önemli katkıları olmuştur.Ancak, bu konu
hakkında elimizde kayda değer bilgi bulunmamıştır. Özellikle Cihangir devrine kadar resmi ilişkiler bulunduğuna dâir kayda rastlanmamıştır.
Konumun başlığı altında ilgimi çeken, Türk asıllı bu iki devletin
nasıl ilişkiler kurdukları, edebiyat sahasında nasıl etkilendikleri ve
her alanda birbirlerinden destak alarak ilerlemeye gayret gösterdikleri olmuştur.
Turco-Indian relations, which began with Saka Turks in B.C. II,
haveturned into Turkey-Indian relations since XVI. century. However, after the 1850`s India was occupiedby England and the Turkish
influence has significantly decreased. Despite this the Muslims of
India continued to follow Turkey.
The diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and India
were founded on the basis of political and cultural relations. The first
relations between the two countries have started when Muhammad
Shah (1463-1482) from the Behm Dynasty wrote a letter to Fatih
Sultan Mehmet to congratulate his conquest of Istanbul. The first
references to the Mughals in Ottoman sources belong to the first half
of XVI century. However, there are no records of official relations
until the period of Cihangir. Political relations have started with the
letter sent to Sultan Selim from Cucerat Dynasty ruler II. Muzaffer
Shah. The first serious contact has started with the meeting of
Humayun Shah with Seydi Ali Reis, who has been assigned as Indian
captain to help Ottoman navy trapped in Basra in 1555. According the
sources, the first regular diplomatic relations with the Ottoman
Empire were started by Shah Cihan (1627-1658).
Classical Turkishliterature has developed in XVI and XVII
centuries. This literature gives the most powerful representatives
everywhere it goes outside the Ottomans, i.e. in the Arab world, Iran,
India. Therefore, the fame of Indian scholars has spread to Istanbul
and their books were read in madrassas. Similarly, the reputation of
Ottoman scholars have also spread to India. In the same period, Sebki Indian movement which is considered as important reform movement
in Turkish literature, has also easily spread among the poets of the
period.
Apart from that, the Mughals adorned all over the country with
important works. It is known that Mimar Yunuf who was student of
Mimar Sinan, went to India, served the Mughals and built some
buildings in Agra and Delhi. This has also contributed to the cultural
relationships