Tegin

Tegin (Template:Lang-otk, also tigin, Pinyin: Tèqín; Chinese: 特勤, erroneously Tèlè 特勒^[2] ) is a Turkic title, commonly attachable to the names of the junior members of the Khagan's family.^[3]^[4]^[5] However, Ligeti cast doubts on the Turkic provenance by pointing to the non-Turkic plural form tegit.^[6]

History

History records many people carrying the title Tegin. The best known is Kül Tigin (闕特勤; Queteqin, erroneously 闕特勒; Quētèlè^[7]), noted for the stele in his memory in the Orkhon inscriptions. Some Tegins founded and headed their own states. Alp-Tegin, founder of the Ghazni state, which grew into the Ghaznavid Empire; Arslan Tegin and Bughra Tegin, both instrumental in the creation of the Kara-Khanid Kaganate. The Chinese History of the Northern Dynasties states that the Hephthalite emperor of the Gandhara state was from a ruling clan of the neighboring Tegin state. ^[8] With time, the title tegin became a popular personal name, and now perseveres both as personal and family name, predominantly in the South Asia and Middle East areas.

Notable Tigins

References

^ Ancient Coin Collecting VI: Non-Classical Cultures, by Wayne G. Sayles p.81
^ Sanping Chen, "Son of Heaven and Son of God: Interactions among Ancient Asiatic Cultures regarding Sacral Kingship and Theophoric Names", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Nov., 2002), p. 296: Writing 勒 instead of 勤 is a common script error in current editions of almost all dynastic histories
^ Jiu Tangshu vol 194 upper [1] "可汗者，猶古之單于；[...] 其子弟謂之特[勤] (ms. 特勒)" Tr. "the Kehan, in the past, was called Chanyu: [...] His sons and younger brothers are called Te[qin] (ms. Tele)"(in Chinese)
^ Xin Tangshu Vol. 215 upper [2] (in Chinese) "至吐門，遂強大，更號可汗，猶單於也，[..] 子弟曰特[勤] (ms. 特勒)" tr. "The Magnificent Tumen, having achieved strength and greatness, is now called Kehan, formerly Chanyu, [...] [his] sons and younger brothers are called Te[qin] (ms. Tele)
^ Taskin V.S. "Materials on history of Dunhu group nomadic tribes", Moscow, 1984, p. 432
^ Ligeti, L (1975), Kiadó, A (ed.), Researches in Altaic languages, University of Michigan, p. 48
^ Sanping Chen, "Son of Heaven and Son of God: Interactions among Ancient Asiatic Cultures regarding Sacral Kingship and Theophoric Names", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Nov., 2002), p. 296, note on misspelling
^ Zuev Yu.A. "The strongest tribe Esgil" //Materials of International Round Table, Almaty, 2004, p.44, ISBN 9965-699-14-3

[1] Ancient Coin Collecting VI: Non-Classical Cultures, by Wayne G. Sayles p.81

[2] Sanping Chen, "Son of Heaven and Son of God: Interactions among Ancient Asiatic Cultures regarding Sacral Kingship and Theophoric Names", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Nov., 2002), p. 296: Writing 勒 instead of 勤 is a common script error in current editions of almost all dynastic histories

[3] Jiu Tangshu vol 194 upper [1] "可汗者，猶古之單于；[...] 其子弟謂之特[勤] (ms. 特勒)" Tr. "the Kehan, in the past, was called Chanyu: [...] His sons and younger brothers are called Te[qin] (ms. Tele)"(in Chinese)

[4] Xin Tangshu Vol. 215 upper [2] (in Chinese) "至吐門，遂強大，更號可汗，猶單於也，[..] 子弟曰特[勤] (ms. 特勒)" tr. "The Magnificent Tumen, having achieved strength and greatness, is now called Kehan, formerly Chanyu, [...] [his] sons and younger brothers are called Te[qin] (ms. Tele)

[5] Taskin V.S. "Materials on history of Dunhu group nomadic tribes", Moscow, 1984, p. 432

[6] Ligeti, L (1975), Kiadó, A (ed.), Researches in Altaic languages, University of Michigan, p. 48

[7] Sanping Chen, "Son of Heaven and Son of God: Interactions among Ancient Asiatic Cultures regarding Sacral Kingship and Theophoric Names", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Nov., 2002), p. 296, note on misspelling

[8] Zuev Yu.A. "The strongest tribe Esgil" //Materials of International Round Table, Almaty, 2004, p.44, ISBN 9965-699-14-3

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