Barha Tegin

Barha Tegin
Majestic Sovereign
An early Turk Shahi ruler, possibly Barha Tegin,[1] with inscription "Lord Ranasrikari" (Brahmi script: Sri Ranasrikari, "The Lord who brings excellence through war"), with tamgha of the Turk Shahis: . In this realistic portrait, he wears the double-lapel Turkic caftan, and a crown with three crescents (one hidden from view) surmounted by the head of a wolf, a Turkic symbol.[2] Late 7th to early 8th century CE.[3][4][5]
Turk Shahi King
Reign665 - 680 CE
PredecessorNezak Huns
SuccessorTegin Shah, Rutbil
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Approximate location of the Turk Shahis

Barha Tegin (665 - 680 CE) was the first ruler of the Turk Shahis. He is only known in name from the accounts of the Muslim historian Al-Biruni and reconstructions from Chinese sources, and the identification of his coinage remains conjectural.

  1. ^ Kuwayama 1993s, p. 394, Coin E.254.
  2. ^ Kuwayama 1993s, p. 394, For a clear example of the wolf, see Sakadara(?) Also: Vilurayukari Period of Sahi Tigin.
  3. ^ Göbl 1967, 254 ; Vondrovec type 254
  4. ^ Alram, Michael; Filigenzi, Anna; Kinberger, Michaela; Nell, Daniel; Pfisterer, Matthias; Vondrovec, Klaus. "The Countenance of the other (The Coins of the Huns and Western Turks in Central Asia and India) 2012-2013 exhibit: 13. The Turk Shahis in Kabulistan". Pro.geo.univie.ac.at. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  5. ^ See coin 3 from the same ruler in Alram, Michael; Filigenzi, Anna; Kinberger, Michaela; Nell, Daniel; Pfisterer, Matthias; Vondrovec, Klaus. "The Countenance of the other (The Coins of the Huns and Western Turks in Central Asia and India) 2012-2013 exhibit: 14. Kabulistan and Bactria at the Time of "Khorasan Tegin Shah"". Pro.geo.univie.ac.at. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Retrieved July 16, 2017.