Tegin

 ( History Of The Turkic Peoples ) 

Tegin (, also tigin, Middle Chinese * dək-gɨn > Pinyin: Tèqín; , erroneously Tèlè 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 p. 13-14 ) is a Turkic peoples title, commonly attachable to the names of the junior members of the Khagan's family. 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 Teqin (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. "Till Bumin Qaghan, who has achieved strength and greatness and is now called Kehan, formerly Chanyu, ... his sons and younger brothers are called Teqin (ms. Tele)Taskin V. S. "Materials on history of Dunhu group nomadic tribes", Moscow, 1984, p. 432 However, Lajos Ligeti cast doubts on the Turkic provenance by pointing to the non-Turkic plural form tegit. According to Mahmud al-Kashgari, tegin means 'servant, slave' (köle]]).

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History History records many people carrying the title Tegin.

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The best known is Kül Tigin (, erroneously 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), 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 Ghaznavids; 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.Zuev Yu. A. "The strongest tribe Esgil" //Materials of International Round Table, Almaty, 2004, p.44, 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. The Hungarian name Tétény, in old Hungarian Tühütüm likely descends from the title Tegin.

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Notable tegins

• Alp Tigin
• Anushtakin al-Dizbari
• Anushtegin Gharchai
• Kul Tigin
• Sabuktigin
• Böritigin
• Bilgetegin
• Gazi Gümüshtigin
• Al-Taj Gümüshtegin
• Tegin Shah
• Toghtekin
• Amin Khan Aitigin

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