Orkhon Valley — Turkic inscription
October 252009
Orkhon Valley sprawls along the banks of the Orkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 360 km west from the capital Ulaanbaatar.
For many centuries, the Orkhon Valley was viewed as the seat of the imperial power of the steppes. The first evidence comes from a stone stele with runic inscriptions, which was erected in the valley by Bilge Khan, an 8th-century ruler of the Göktürk Empire. Some 25 miles to the north of the stele, in the shadow of the sacred forest-mountain Ötüken, was his Ördü, or nomadic capital. During the Qidan domination of the valley, the stele was reinscribed in three languages, so as to record the deeds of a Qidan potentate.
Mountains were considered sacred in Tengriism as an axis mundi, but Ötüken was especially sacred because the ancestor spirits of the khagans and beys resided here. Moreover, a force called qut was believed to emanate from this mountain, granting the khagan the divine right to rule the Turkic tribes.[1] Whoever controlled this valley was considered heavenly appointed leader of the Turks and could rally the tribes. Thus control of the Orkhon Valley was of the utmost strategic importance for every Turkic state. Historically every Turkic capital (Ördü) was located here for this exact reason.
The inscriptions of
Tonyukuk (720 AD) (http://www.tonyukuk.net/tongiris.htm),
Kül Tigin (732 AD) (http://www.tonyukuk.net/kolgiris.htm) and
Bilge Kağan (735 AD) (http://www.tonyukuk.net/bilgegiris.htm) – original right-to-left runic text with transcription and Turkish translation (download the Orkhon Turkic Runic Font (http://www.tonyukuk.net/Orkun.ttf) and save it as orkun.ttf)
Museum of Mongolian History
http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/ubhist/turk.html
Want to learn Orkhon:
http://irq.kaznpu.kz/index.php?lang=e
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October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
can i please have …
can i please have some of your photos including the map for an assigment if you wouldn’t mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Bu Asyanli Turk …
Bu Asyanli Turk muzigi adisi ne lutfen?
What this Asian Turkish music called please?
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
United Empire.
United Empire.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Yok Arapca yazisi …
Yok Arapca yazisi degil, yok Latince degil, yok yunanli/rumce. Bunlar yanliz Turk, iste Orhun/Orkhon Turk bizim
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
FUCK CHINE
CHINE
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Al zherde Qyrgyz …
Al zherde Qyrgyz Nuur degen kol, Hirgis degen qalaa dagy bar.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Yine de sag ol ama …
Yine de sag ol ama ögrendim
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Guzel video.
Guzel video.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Sag’dan sola …
Sag’dan sola okunuyor.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Gökte Tengri Yerde …
Gökte Tengri Yerde biz Delikanli Türkleriz Yerle Gök arasinda Diz kirip yurt kuran biz
GÖK TENGRI TÜRKÜ KORUSUN VE YÜCELTSIN!
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
sag – sol
bilim …
sag – sol
bilim ucun
***. bilgitay. net/ orhun/ index. php
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Birsey sormak …
Birsey sormak isterim. Bu Orhun (Orkhon) yazisi, arapça gibi’mi yok’sa latin’ce gibi’mi okunuyor. Yani sag’dan sola’mi yok ise sol’dan sag’ami ?
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
cok guzel video …
cok guzel video bende de yazitlar hakkinda iki video var
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Tanri Turku Korusun …
Tanri Turku Korusun
Uze Tengri basmasar asara yer telinmese Turk bodunu kim toreni bozabilir!
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
The place to start …
The place to start a new empire.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Heart of Mongolia …
Heart of Mongolia and the land of Turks XD im glad mongolian brothers live there ^^
October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Yes you can see …
Yes you can see Turk remains there, Orkhon Valley is the World Heritage nominated from Mongolia.