Barha Tegin

Barha Tegin
Barha Tegin
Majestic Sovereign
	An early Turk Shahi ruler, possibly Barha Tegin, 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. Late 7th to early 8th century CE.
Turk Shahi King
Reign	665 - 680 CE
Predecessor	Nezak Huns
Successor	Tegin Shah, Rutbil

TOKHARA YABGHUS

TURK
SHAHIS

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.

^ Kuwayama 1993s, p. 394, Coin E.254.
^ Kuwayama 1993s, p. 394, For a clear example of the wolf, see Sakadara(?) Also: .
^ Göbl 1967, 254 ; Vondrovec type 254
^ 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.
^ 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.

[FOOTNOTEKuwayama1993s394Coin_E.254-1] Kuwayama 1993s, p. 394, Coin E.254.

[FOOTNOTEKuwayama1993s394For_a_clear_example_of_the_wolf,_see_[httpsdata1geounivieacatprojectsdasantlitzdesfremdencoinscoin993Frefshowcases252Fshowcase14languageenhtml_Sakadara(?)]_Also:_[[File:Vilurayukari_Period_of_Sahi_Tigin.jpg|50px|Vilurayukari_Period_of_Sahi_Tigin]]-2] Kuwayama 1993s, p. 394, For a clear example of the wolf, see Sakadara(?) Also: .

[3] Göbl 1967, 254 ; Vondrovec type 254

[KHM13-4] 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.

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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
Reign	665 - 680 CE
Predecessor	Nezak Huns
Successor	Tegin Shah, Rutbil