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'''Tarkhan''' ({{langx|otk|𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣|Tarqan}},<ref name="Turkic1">{{Citation | place = ] | date = Oct 2005 | url = http://www.iacd.or.kr/pdf/journal/05/5-10.pdf | title = A Study of the Ancient Turkic "TARQAN" | first = Han-Woo | last = Choi | publisher = Handong University | access-date = 2010-11-28 | archive-date = 2021-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210311120254/http://www.iacd.or.kr/pdf/journal/05/5-10.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> {{langx|mn|{{mongolUnicode|ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ}}}} {{Transl|mn|Darqan}} or {{Transl|mn|Darkhan}};<ref>{{Citation | first = Leland Liu | last = Rogers | title = The Golden Summary of Cinggis Qayan: Cinggis Qayan-u Altan Tobci | page = 80}}</ref><ref name="Genghis Khan p.82">{{Citation | first = Paul | last = Ratchnevsky | title = Genghis Khan: his life and legacy | page = 82}}</ref> {{langx|fa|ترخان}}; {{zh|c=達干/達爾罕/答剌罕}}; {{langx |ar|ترخان}}; {{langx|pnb|{{nq|ترکھاݨ}}}}; alternative spellings ''Tarkan'', ''Tarkhaan'', ''Tarqan'', ''Tarchan'', ''Turxan'', ''Tarcan'', ''Turgan, Tárkány, Tarján, Tarxan'') is an ancient ] title used by various ], ], ], and ]. Its use was common among the successors of the ] and ].


==Etymology==
'''Tarkhan''' (] ''Tarqan'';<ref name="Turkic1">{{Citation | place = ] | format = PDF |date=Oct 2005 | url = http://www.iacd.or.kr/pdf/journal/05/5-10.pdf | title = A Study of the Ancient Turkic "TARQAN" | first = Han-Woo | last = Choi | publisher = Handong University}}</ref> ]: ''Darqan'' or ''Darkhan'';<ref>{{Citation | first = Leland Liu | last = Rogers | title = The Golden Summary of Cinggis Qayan: Cinggis Qayan-u Altan Tobci | page = 80}}</ref><ref name="Genghis Khan p.82">{{Citation | first = Paul | last = Ratchnevsky | title = Genghis Khan: his life and legacy | page = 82}}</ref> {{lang-fa|ترخان}}; {{zh|c=達干}}; {{lang-ar |طرخان}}; alternative spellings ''Tarkan'', ''Tarkhaan'', ''Tarqan'', ''Tarchan'', ''Tarxan'', ''Tarcan'' or ''Targan'') is an ] ] title used by various ] (i.e. ] and ]) and ] peoples, especially in the medieval era, and prominent among the successors of the ].
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The origin of the word is not known. Various historians identify the word as either ] (] or ])<ref name="Qarib">{{Citation | last = Qarīb | first = Badr-az-Zamān | year = 1995 | title = Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian – Persian – English | place = Tehran | publisher = Farhangan}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Doerfer | first = Gerhard | author-link = Gerhard Doerfer | year = 1993 | title = Chaladschica extragottingensia | journal = Central Asiatic Journal | volume = 37 | number = 1–2 | page = 43}}</ref><ref name="Ossetic">{{Citation | first = Agustí | last = Alemany | title = Sources on the Alans | publisher = Brill | year = 2000 | page = 328 | quote = Abaev considers this word (lacking in a Turco-Mongolian etymology), as well Old Hungarian tarchan “olim judex”, borrowing from Scythians (Alans) *tarxan “judge” -> Ossetian. Taerxon “argument, trial”; cf. the Ossete idioms taerxon kaenyn “to judge” (+ kænyn “to do”) and tærxon læg “judge” (+l æg man). Iron ævzag}}</ref> or ].<ref name="Turkic1" /><ref>Róna-Tas, András; "", Central European University Press, p 228, 1999, {{ISBN|9639116483}}</ref><ref name="Turkic2">{{Citation | last = Frye | first = Richard N | title = Tarxun-Turxun and Central Asian History | journal = Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies | date = 1951 | volume = 14 | number = 1/2 | pages = 105–29| doi = 10.2307/2718297 | jstor = 2718297 }}</ref>


Although ] reports that the word "was probably foreign to Sogdian", ] points out that even in Turkic languages, its ] is not Turkic (sing. ''tarxan'' plur. ''tarx'''at'''''), suggesting a non-Turkic origin.<ref name="Doerfer">{{Citation | first = Gerhard | last = Doerfer | title = Mongolo-Tungusica | editor-first = O | editor-last = Harrassowitz | year = 1985 | publisher = University of Virginia}}</ref> L. Ligeti comes to the same conclusion, saying that "''tarxan'' and ''tegin'' form the wholly un-Turkic plurals ''tarxat'' and ''tegit''" and that the word was unknown to medieval western Turkic languages, such as ].<ref>{{Citation | first = L | last = Ligeti | title = Researches in Altaic languages | editor-first = A | editor-last = Kiadó | year = 1975 | publisher = University of Michigan | page = 48}}</ref> Taking this into consideration, the word may be derived from medieval Mongolian {{Transl|xng|darqat}} (plural suffix ''-at''), itself perhaps derived from the earlier Sogdian word ''*''{{Transl|sog|tarxant}} ('free of taxes').<ref name = "Doerfer" /> A. Alemany gives the additional elaboration that the possibly related East Iranian Scytho-Sarmatian (and ]) word ''*''{{Transl|xsc|tarxan}} still survives in ] {{Transl|os|tærxon}} ('argument, trial') and {{Transl|os|tærxon kænyn}} ('to judge').<ref name="Ossetic" /> ] also proposes an Iranian (]) root for the word,<ref>{{Citation | last = Bailey | first = Harold W | year = 1985 | url = https://archive.org/details/EtymologyOfXiongnuNamesByTheLateH.w.Bailey | title = Indo-Scythian Studies: being Khotanese Texts | volume = VII | publisher = Cambridge Univ. Press}}</ref> L. Rogers and ] argue that the Mongolian word may have actually originated among the ], as a pronunciation of the word recorded in ] as '']'', which Pulleyblank argues may have originally represented a Chinese approximation of ''dān-ĥwāĥ'' for ''*darxan''.<ref name="Universität Bonn.">Universität Bonn. Seminar für Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft Zentralasiens: Zentralasiatische Studien, Vol. 24–26, p.21</ref>
== Etymology ==
The origin of the word is not known. Various historians identify the word as either ] (] or ]),<ref name="Qarib">{{Citation | last = Qarīb | first = Badr-az-Zamān | year = 1995 | title = Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian – Persian – English | place = Tehran | publisher = Farhangan}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Doerfer | first = Gerhard | author-link = Gerhard Doerfer | year = 1993 | title = Chaladschica extragottingensia | journal = Central Asiatic Journal | volume = 37 | number = 1–2 | page = 43}}</ref><ref name="Ossetic">{{Citation | first = Agustí | last = Alemany | title = Sources on the Alans | publisher = Brill | year = 2000 | page = 328 | quote = Abaev considers this word (lacking in a Turco-Mongolian etymology), as well Old Hungarian tarchan “olim judex”, borrowing from Scythians (Alans) *tarxan “judge” -> Ossetian. Taerxon “argument, trial”; cf. the Ossete idioms taerxon kaenyn “to judge” (+ kӕnyn “to do”) and tӕrxon lӕg “judge” (+l ӕg man). Iron ævzag}}</ref> ] (], ]),<ref name="Turkic1" /><ref name="Turkic2">{{Citation | last = Frye | first = Richard N | title = Tarxun-Turxun and Central Asian History | journal = Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies | volume = 14 | number = 1/2 | pages = 105–29}}</ref> or ].


==History==
Although ] reports that the word "was probably foreign to Sogdian", hence considered to be a loanword from Turkic, ] points out that even in Turkic languages, its ] is not Turkic (sing. ''tarxan'' --> plur. ''tarx'''at'''''), suggesting a non-Turkic origin.<ref name="Doerfer">{{Citation | first = Gerhard | last = Doerfer | title = Mongolo-Tungusica | editor-first = O | editor-last = Harrassowitz | year = 1985 | publisher = University of Virginia}}</ref> L. Ligeti comes to the same conclusion, saying that ''"tarxan and tegin form the wholly un-Turkish plurals tarxat and tegit"'' and that the word was unknown to medieval western Turkic languages, such as ].<ref>{{Citation | first = L | last = Ligeti | title = Researches in Altaic languages | editor-first = A | editor-last = Kiadó | year = 1975 | publisher = University of Michigan | page = 48}}</ref> Taking this into consideration, the word is most likely derived from medieval Mongolian ''darqat'' (Mongolian plural suffix '''-at'''), itself perhaps derived from the earlier Sogdian word ''*tarxa'''n'''t'' ("free of taxes").<ref name = "Doerfer" /> A. Alemany gives the additional elaboration that the related East Iranian Scythian (and ]) word ''*tarxan'' still survives in ] ''tærxon'' ("argument, trial") and ''tærxon kænyn'' ("to judge").<ref name="Ossetic" /> ] also proposes an Iranian (]) root for the word,<ref>{{Citation | last = Bailey | first = Harold W | year = 1985 | url = http://www.archive.org/details/EtymologyOfXiongnuNamesByTheLateH.w.Bailey | title = Indo-Scythian Studies: being Khotanese Texts | volume = VII | publisher = Cambridge Univ. Press}}</ref> whereas linguist Sevan Nişanyan lists Old Turkic ''tarḳan'' as a cognate word with Khotanese Saka ''ttarkana'' and Sogdian ''tarχān'', all having the same meaning "nobility, nobleness, commander", ultimately derived from a ] dialect.<ref> in (Turkish Etymological Dictionary)</ref>
Tarkhan was used among the ]n,<ref name="Qarib"/> ], ], ], and ] peoples of ] and by other ]. It was a high rank in the army of ]. Tarkhans commanded military contingents (roughly of regimental size under the Turkic ]) and were, roughly speaking, ]. They could also be assigned as military governors of conquered regions.


The ] probably adopted the title darqan from the ] or ].<ref>{{Citation | author= Pelliot | title = Neuf Notes | language = French |trans-title=Nine notes | page = 250}}</ref> ''Oğul Tarqan'' (𐰆𐰍𐰞𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣) and other ''tarqat'' (𐱃𐰺𐰴𐱃) were mentioned in the ] of ] (d. c. 731 CE).<ref>, 2nd side: line 11, 3rd side: line 1. published and translated by ''Türik Bitig''</ref> They were given high honors such as entering the ] of the ] without any prior appointment and shown unusual ninefold pardon to the ninth generation from any crime they committed.<ref>{{Citation | last = Eberhard | title = Conquerors and Rulers | page = 98}}</ref> Although the etymology of the word is unknown, it is attested under the ], whose ] ruled most of Mongolia and ] from 916 to 1125.<ref>{{Citation | last = Wittfogel | title = Liao dynasty | page = 433|display-authors=etal}}</ref> G. Clauson argued that Tarqan in Ancient Turkic was considered to be the supreme title and was not even, like ] and ], peculiar to the royal family, but that it was still a high title, carrying administrative responsibility.<ref>G. Clauson, (1972) 539</ref>
The word was borrowed by many languages, including Armenian ], Georgian ] and Russian ] through the Mongolian conquests.


The title has different meanings in different times. In ], it meant 'deputy, minister'. By ], it meant 'head constable'.<ref>Tekin (1983) 836)</ref><ref>Aydın (2016), p. 19-20</ref>
==History==

It was used among the various ] (], ], and ]) Turkic and Mongol peoples of ] and other ] people, and was a high rank in the army of ]. Tarkhans commanded military contingents (roughly of regimental size under the Khazar khan) and were, roughly speaking, ]s. They could also be assigned as military governors of conquered regions.
Like many titles, Tarkhan also occurs as a personal name, independent of a person's rank, which makes some historical references confusing. For example, ] texts refer to a "Tarkhan, king of the Khazars" as reigning in the mid ninth century. Whether this is a confused reference to a military official or the name of an individual Khazar ] remains unclear. The name is occasionally used today in Turkish and Arabic speaking countries. It is used as family name in Hungary today.

In the ], the darkhans were exempted from taxation, socage and requisitioning. ] made those who helped his rise darkhans in 1206. The families of the darkhans played crucial roles later when the succession crisis occurred in ] and ]. ] (1234–82) made an ] Darkhan after he had led his mother and her team all the way from Central Asia to Persia safely. A wealthy merchant of Persia was made a Darkhan by ] (1271–1304) for his service during the early defeat of the Ilkhan. In Russia, the Khans of the ] assigned important tasks to the Darkhan. A ] of ] (ca. 1370–1399) authorized rights of the tarkhan of Crimea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reff.net.ua/26327-YArlyki_hanov_Zolotoiy_Ordy_kak_istochnik_prava_i_kak_istochnik_po_istorii_prava.html|title = Ярлики ханів Золотої Орди як джерело права і як джерело з історії права}}</ref>


After suppressing the rebellion of the right three tumens in Mongolia, ] exempted his soldiers, who participated the battle of Dalan-Terqin, from imposts and made them Darkhan in 1513. Even after the collapse of ] with the death of ] in 1635, the title of darkhan continued to be bestowed on religious dignitaries, sometimes on persons of low birth. For example, in 1665, ], the ], bestowed the title on a Russian interpreter and requested the ] to exempt the interpreter from all tax obligations.<ref name="Genghis Khan p.82" />
The ] probably adopted the title of Darqan (Mongolian spelling) from the Mongol-speaking ] or ].<ref>{{Citation | author= Pelliot | title = Neuf Notes | language = French | trans_title = Nine notes | page = 250}}</ref> The Tarkhan were cited in ] of ] (d. c. 731 CE). They were given high honors such as entering the ger of Khagan without any prior appointment and shown unusual ninefold pardon to the 9th generation from any crime they committed.<ref>{{Citation | last = Eberhard | title = Conquerors and Rulers | page = 98}}</ref> Although the etymology of the word is unknown, it is attested under the ] who ruled most of ] and ] between 916 and 1125.<ref>{{Citation | last = Wittfogel | coauthors = et al | title = Liao dynasty | page = 433}}</ref>
Like many titles, Tarkhan (Turkic spelling) also occurs as a personal name, independent of a person's rank, which makes some historical references confusing. For example, ] texts refer to a "Tarkhan, king of the Khazars" as reigning in the mid ninth century. Whether this is a confused reference to a military official or the name of an individual Khazar ] remains unclear. The name is occasionally used today in Turkish and Arabic speaking countries.


A tarkhan of the ], Muhammad 'Isa Tarkhan, established the ], which ruled ] from 1554 to 1591.
In the ], the Darkhan were exempted from taxation, socage and requisitioning. ] made those who helped his rise Darkhans in 1206. The families of the Darkhan played crucial roles later when the succession crisis occurred in ] and ]. ] (1234–82) made an ] Darkhan after he had led his mother and her team all the way from Central Asia to Persia safely. A wealthy merchant of Persia was made of Darkhan by ] (1271–1304) for his service during the early defeat of the Ilkhan. In Russia, the Khans of the ] assigned important tasks to the Darkhan. A ] of ] (ca. 1370–1399) which authorized rights of the Tarkhan found in Crimea.<ref>http://reff.net.ua/26327-YArlyki_hanov_Zolotoiy_Ordy_kak_istochnik_prava_i_kak_istochnik_po_istorii_prava.html</ref>


All craftsmen held the status of darkhan and were immune to occasional requisitions levied incessantly by passing imperial envoys.<ref>{{Citation | first = Christopher | last = Atwood | title = Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire | page = 25}}</ref> From then on, the word referred to craftsmen or ]s<ref>{{Citation | first = Paul | last = Ratchnevsky | title = Genghis Khan: his life and legacy | page = 243}}</ref> in the ] now and is still used in Mongolia as privilege.<ref>{{Citation | first = Michael | last = Kohn | title = Mongolia | page = 126}}</ref> People who served the ] were granted the title of darkhan and their descendants are known as the ''darkhad'' in ], ].
During the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), the title was bestowed mainly on the late Darkhans' families and the government officials.


One of the seven ] was called Tarjan ({{Lang|grc|Ταριάνου}}) according to ]'s ], and it is a common geographical name used in many villages and city names.
After suppressing the rebellion of the right three tumens in Mongolia, ] exempted his soldiers, who participated the battle of Dalan-Terqin, from imposts and made them Darkhan in 1513. Even after the collapse of the ] with the death of ] in 1635, the title of Darkhan was bestowed on religious dignitaries, sometimes on persons of low birth. For example, in 1665, the ] Altan Khan ] bestowed the title on a Russian interpreter and requested the ] to exempt the interpreter from all tax obligations.<ref name="Genghis Khan p.82" />


==Notable people==
A Tarkhan established the ], ruling ] from 1554 to 1591 AD.
* ], General commander of ]
* ], ] of ]
* ], ] Kaghan
* ], fourth ] of ]
* ], ] commander
* ], Ruler of ], ]
* ], Ruler of ], ]


==In popular culture==
All craftsmen held the status of darkhan and were immune to occasional requisitions levied incessantly by passing imperial envoys.<ref>{{Citation | first = Christopher | last = Atwood | title = Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire | page = 25}}</ref> From then on, the word referred to craftsmen or ]<ref>{{Citation | first = Paul | last = Ratchnevsky | title = Genghis Khan: his life and legacy | page = 243}}</ref> in Mongolian language now and is still used in ] as privilege.<ref>{{Citation | first = Michael | last = Kohn | title = Mongolia | page = 126}}</ref> People who served the Orda (Palace) of Emperors were granted darkhan and their descendants called Darkhad in Ordos, ] (not to be confused with the ]).
* In ]' '']'' series of novels, the apparent spelling variation ''Tarkaan'' is the title of a ] nobleman, ''tarkheena'' that of a noble woman.
* In '']'', the ''tarkan'' is the Huns' unique unit with the appearance of a horseman with a torch and scourge in place of sword. Their strength is destroying buildings.
* Tarkan in the ] is a fictional Hun warrior created by Turkish cartoonist Sezgin Burak.
* ''Tarkan: Golden medallion'', Turkish film, 1973.
* "Tarkhan" is a military title used by recruitable allies in the 2021 action-strategy video game ]


==In fiction== ==See also==
* ], a city in ] named after a Tarkhan
*In ]' ] series of novels, the apparent spelling variation ] is the title of a ] nobleman, ''tarkheena'' that of a noble woman.
* ], a ] fortress in present-day ]
*Also in ], the ''tarkan'' is the Hun's unique unit with the appearance of a horseman with a torch in place of sword.
*Tarkan in the ] is a fictional ] warrior created by ] ] ].


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== External links == ==External links==
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Tarkhan (Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣, romanized: Tarqan, Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ Darqan or Darkhan; Persian: ترخان; Chinese: 達干/達爾罕/答剌罕; Arabic: ترخان; Punjabi: ترکھاݨ; alternative spellings Tarkan, Tarkhaan, Tarqan, Tarchan, Turxan, Tarcan, Turgan, Tárkány, Tarján, Tarxan) is an ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic, Hungarian, Mongolic, and Iranian peoples. Its use was common among the successors of the Mongol Empire and Turkic Khaganate.

Etymology

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The origin of the word is not known. Various historians identify the word as either East Iranian (Sogdian or Khotanese Saka) or Turkic.

Although Richard N. Frye reports that the word "was probably foreign to Sogdian", Gerhard Doerfer points out that even in Turkic languages, its plural is not Turkic (sing. tarxan → plur. tarxat), suggesting a non-Turkic origin. L. Ligeti comes to the same conclusion, saying that "tarxan and tegin form the wholly un-Turkic plurals tarxat and tegit" and that the word was unknown to medieval western Turkic languages, such as Bulgar. Taking this into consideration, the word may be derived from medieval Mongolian darqat (plural suffix -at), itself perhaps derived from the earlier Sogdian word *tarxant ('free of taxes'). A. Alemany gives the additional elaboration that the possibly related East Iranian Scytho-Sarmatian (and Alanic) word *tarxan still survives in Ossetic tærxon ('argument, trial') and tærxon kænyn ('to judge'). Harold Walter Bailey also proposes an Iranian (Khotanese Saka) root for the word, L. Rogers and Edwin G. Pulleyblank argue that the Mongolian word may have actually originated among the Xiongnu, as a pronunciation of the word recorded in Old Chinese as chanyu, which Pulleyblank argues may have originally represented a Chinese approximation of dān-ĥwāĥ for *darxan.

History

Tarkhan was used among the Sogdian, Saka, Hephthalite, Turkic, and proto-Mongol peoples of Central Asia and by other Eurasian nomads. It was a high rank in the army of Timur. Tarkhans commanded military contingents (roughly of regimental size under the Turkic Khazars) and were, roughly speaking, generals. They could also be assigned as military governors of conquered regions.

The Göktürks probably adopted the title darqan from the Rourans or Avars. Oğul Tarqan (𐰆𐰍𐰞𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣) and other tarqat (𐱃𐰺𐰴𐱃) were mentioned in the Orkhon inscription of Kul Tigin (d. c. 731 CE). They were given high honors such as entering the yurt of the khagan without any prior appointment and shown unusual ninefold pardon to the ninth generation from any crime they committed. Although the etymology of the word is unknown, it is attested under the Khitan people, whose Liao dynasty ruled most of Mongolia and North China from 916 to 1125. G. Clauson argued that Tarqan in Ancient Turkic was considered to be the supreme title and was not even, like Tegin and Shad, peculiar to the royal family, but that it was still a high title, carrying administrative responsibility.

The title has different meanings in different times. In Uyghurs, it meant 'deputy, minister'. By Oghuz Turks, it meant 'head constable'.

Like many titles, Tarkhan also occurs as a personal name, independent of a person's rank, which makes some historical references confusing. For example, Arabic texts refer to a "Tarkhan, king of the Khazars" as reigning in the mid ninth century. Whether this is a confused reference to a military official or the name of an individual Khazar khagan remains unclear. The name is occasionally used today in Turkish and Arabic speaking countries. It is used as family name in Hungary today.

In the Mongol Empire, the darkhans were exempted from taxation, socage and requisitioning. Genghis Khan made those who helped his rise darkhans in 1206. The families of the darkhans played crucial roles later when the succession crisis occurred in Yuan dynasty and Ilkhanate. Abaqa Khan (1234–82) made an Indian Darkhan after he had led his mother and her team all the way from Central Asia to Persia safely. A wealthy merchant of Persia was made a Darkhan by Ghazan (1271–1304) for his service during the early defeat of the Ilkhan. In Russia, the Khans of the Golden Horde assigned important tasks to the Darkhan. A jarlig of Temür Qutlugh (ca. 1370–1399) authorized rights of the tarkhan of Crimea.

After suppressing the rebellion of the right three tumens in Mongolia, Dayan Khan exempted his soldiers, who participated the battle of Dalan-Terqin, from imposts and made them Darkhan in 1513. Even after the collapse of Northern Yuan dynasty with the death of Ligdan Khan in 1635, the title of darkhan continued to be bestowed on religious dignitaries, sometimes on persons of low birth. For example, in 1665, Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji, the Altan Khan of the Khalkha, bestowed the title on a Russian interpreter and requested the Tsar of Russia to exempt the interpreter from all tax obligations.

A tarkhan of the Arghun dynasty, Muhammad 'Isa Tarkhan, established the Tarkhan dynasty, which ruled Sindh from 1554 to 1591.

All craftsmen held the status of darkhan and were immune to occasional requisitions levied incessantly by passing imperial envoys. From then on, the word referred to craftsmen or blacksmiths in the Mongolian language now and is still used in Mongolia as privilege. People who served the Khagan's orda were granted the title of darkhan and their descendants are known as the darkhad in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.

One of the seven Magyar (Hungarian) tribes was called Tarjan (Ταριάνου) according to Constantin VII's De Administrando Imperio, and it is a common geographical name used in many villages and city names.

Notable people

In popular culture

  • In C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, the apparent spelling variation Tarkaan is the title of a Calormen nobleman, tarkheena that of a noble woman.
  • In Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, the tarkan is the Huns' unique unit with the appearance of a horseman with a torch and scourge in place of sword. Their strength is destroying buildings.
  • Tarkan in the comic Tarkan is a fictional Hun warrior created by Turkish cartoonist Sezgin Burak.
  • Tarkan: Golden medallion, Turkish film, 1973.
  • "Tarkhan" is a military title used by recruitable allies in the 2021 action-strategy video game HighFleet

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Choi, Han-Woo (Oct 2005), A Study of the Ancient Turkic "TARQAN" (PDF), KR: Handong University, archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-11, retrieved 2010-11-28
  2. Rogers, Leland Liu, The Golden Summary of Cinggis Qayan: Cinggis Qayan-u Altan Tobci, p. 80
  3. ^ Ratchnevsky, Paul, Genghis Khan: his life and legacy, p. 82
  4. ^ Qarīb, Badr-az-Zamān (1995), Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian – Persian – English, Tehran: Farhangan
  5. Doerfer, Gerhard (1993), "Chaladschica extragottingensia", Central Asiatic Journal, 37 (1–2): 43
  6. ^ Alemany, Agustí (2000), Sources on the Alans, Brill, p. 328, Abaev considers this word (lacking in a Turco-Mongolian etymology), as well Old Hungarian tarchan "olim judex", borrowing from Scythians (Alans) *tarxan "judge" -> Ossetian. Taerxon "argument, trial"; cf. the Ossete idioms taerxon kaenyn "to judge" (+ kænyn "to do") and tærxon læg "judge" (+l æg man). Iron ævzag
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