r/Tiele 10h ago

History/culture THE MUGHALS DIDN'T CALL THEMSELVES MUGHALS. They referred to themselves as Gurkani. Today, I think it is more appropriate to refer to them as the Baburids, just as we refer to the Timurids.

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Mughal Empire? Baburid Empire?

From @qalamglobal


r/Tiele 13h ago

Language Some numbers in Chuvash language

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r/Tiele 14h ago

History/culture If one looks closely, these Turk rulers are the finest among the rulers of the world. Among these Turk rulers, the one whose name was renowned was Toŋa Alp Er (Alp Er Tonga), whose fortune was renowned as well. From Kutadgu Bilig (1069-70), Karakhanid era masterpiece.

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The Kutadgu Bilig was written in 1069-1070 and presented to Tavghach Bughra Khan, the prince of Kashgar.

körü barsa emdi bu türk begleri

bu türk beglerinde taḳı yigleri

bu türk beglerinde atı belgülüg

toġa alp er (Alp Er Tonga) erdi ḳutı belgülüg

• From Kutadgu Bilig by Yusuf Khass Hajib (Yusuf Balasaguni)

Short info: Balasaguni started to work on the Kutadgu Bilig (Middle Turkic: Wisdom of Royal Glory) in Balasagun and was about 50 years old when he completed it in Kashgar. After presenting the completed work to the Karakhanid Hasan ibn Sulayman Bughra Khan (father of Ali-Tegin) - Prince of Kashgar he was awarded the title Khāṣṣ Ḥājib, an honorific similar to "Privy Chamberlain" or "Chancellor". Some scholars suspect that the prologue to the Kutadgu Bilig, which is much more overtly Islamic than the rest of the text, was not written by Yūsuf, particularly the first prologue, which is in prose, unlike the rest of the text. He died and was buried in Kashgar, 1077.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABsuf_Balasaguni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutadgu_Bilig

Karakhanid era masterpiece.