A Turk Officer of the S?s?nian King Xusr? I

Author: János Harmatta

Source: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 55, Numbers 1-3, 10 September 2002 , pp. 153-159(7)

Publisher: Akademiai Kiado

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Abstract:

Contrary to earlier assumptions, the rich burial in qurgan no. 3 at Üè Tepe cannot be the inhumation of a Sabir or Avar warrior or that of a Persian officer. According to the testimony of the inscribed golden signet ring, whose legend runs as follows: Silig abarzngnbed “Silig the commander of the guards of the royal tent”, the burial belonged to a Turk nobleman, Silig by name, who entered the service of Xusr omacr

h and was appointed by him to commander of the guards of his general headquarters. The K amacr

mag of Xusr omacr

I mentions two settlements of Turkic tribes in Iran in 540/541 A.D. and 568 A.D. Very likely it was the latter one in the course of which the Turk chief entered the military service of the Persian king.

Keywords: royal tent; S?s?nian; Üè Tepe; Turk; Xusr? I; Iran

Document Type: Research article

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