Research Article

Stamp Descriptions and Titles on Coins of Turkish States

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 30, 2022
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Stamp Descriptions and Titles on Coins of Turkish States

Abstract

Stamps played an important role in the structuring process of all languages and provided the formation of letters. It took a long time for the picture language to transform into a written language. The stamps used by the old Turks have also turned into a written language over time. The stamps that the Turkish tribes put on their animals in accordance with the private property law and the short writings (tombstone, metal plate, tibia, etc.) used among the Huns turned into a literary language during the Gokturks period. It is known that noble families, who delegated minting to foreign coinage masters after their initial contact with the local culture and became the governing body, also had their seals engraved. It will be seen that the Tarnavach, Otrar, Turgesh and Tuhus tribes used their own tribe stamps on the coins they had minted. With the transition to settled life, the influence of Chinese and Sogdian culture on steppe culture will become evident, this effect has been tried to be revealed with coins. With the adoption of Islam, the old Turkish stamp tradition and local ornament marks will continue to appear on the coins. The socio-cultural change (names, titles, place names, etc.) created by the Islamic civilization on the Turks together with the settled life will be given with examples of coin texts. In our research, 2560 different coins will be examined, and the course of change of the stamps and titles of the Turkish states within the cultural generations will be exhibited. The course of transition from nomadic life to settled life and cultural change will be tried to be revealed in the light of coins. Coin samples, which are unique and have not been published anywhere else, will be brought to the literature for the first time with this research.

Keywords

Turgesh , Karakhanids , Anatolian Seljuk’s , Stamp , Coin

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APA
Kalkan, M. (2022). Türk Devletlerine Ait Sikkelerde Yer Alan Damga Tasvirleri ve Unvanlar. Bölge Çalışmaları Dergisi, 1(2), 75-107. https://izlik.org/JA68XW77SP