Tegin

Hephthalite ruler. Shahi Tegin 728 CE.^[1]

Tegin (

Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤, romanized: Tegin, also tigin, MC *dək-gɨn > Pinyin: Tèqín; Chinese: 特勤, erroneously Tèlè 特勒^[2]^[3]) is a Turkic title, commonly attachable to the names of the junior members of the Khagan's family.^[4]^[5]^[6] However, Ligeti cast doubts on the Turkic provenance by pointing to the non-Turkic plural form tegit.^[7]

History

History records many people carrying the title Tegin. The best known is

Hephthalite emperor of the Gandhara state was from a ruling clan of the neighboring Tegin state.^[9]

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.

Notable Tigins

Alp Tigin

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

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
^ Maue, Dieter. "The Khüis Tolgoi inscription - signs and sounds". Academia.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2018. p. 13-14
^ 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. "Till Tumen, [who] has achieved strength and greatness and 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
ISBN 9965-699-14-3

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[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] Maue, Dieter. "The Khüis Tolgoi inscription - signs and sounds". Academia.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2018. p. 13-14

[4] 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)

[5] 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 Tumen, [who] has achieved strength and greatness and is now called Kehan, formerly Chanyu, [...] [his] sons and younger brothers are called Te[qin] (ms. Tele)

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

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

[8] 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

[9] ISBN 9965-699-14-3

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