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 Pictures about the Celestial Turks
« Thread Started on Nov 18, 2004, 5:04pm »

(Originially posted by me at September 5, 2004)


Here are the online pictures I could find about the Celestial Turks (Tujue/Türük/Gök Türk) Empire:


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Monuments and Inscriptions:


http://www.turan.tc/kalem/gokturk/gokturk_dosyalar/ilteris.jpg
An inscription having "Tamga" tribal signs carved on it; probably belonging to Iltirish Qaghan (reigned 682-691)


http://www.balikesir.com/bilim/images/orhun1.jpg
http://www.turan.tc/kalem/gokturk/image004.jpg
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tonyukuk/T-ins.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tonyukuk/view01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tonyukuk/T-ins02.JPG
http://www.eastart.net/01.06_img/zhwhhb01.6_65_2.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p24.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p24l.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p25.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p25l.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p36.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p36l.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p31.jpg
Prime Minister Tonyuquq's Inscriptions at Bain Tsokto, made in 725

http://www.nihalatsiz.com/tonyukuk_kuzey.jpg
Northern side of one of Tonyuquq's Inscriptions

http://www.nihalatsiz.com/tonyukuk_dogu.jpg
Eastern side of one of Tonyuquq's Inscriptions


http://www.nihalatsiz.com/kultigin_bati.jpg
http://www.eastart.net/01.06_img/zhwhhb01.6_64_1.jpg
Köl Tigin's Inscription's Chinese side (made in September 732)

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/orhon/K-ins1.JPG
Köl Tigin's Inscription at Kosho Tsaidam

http://www.nihalatsiz.com/kultigin_dogu.jpg
Köl Tigin's Inscription's Western side


http://www.nihalatsiz.com/bilgekyaziti.jpg
Bilge Qaghan's Inscription at Kosho Tsaidam (made in 735)

http://www.prcedu.com/exam/classic/images/vb7.JPG
http://www.turan.tc/kalem/gokturk/gokturk_dosyalar/6.jpg
Pieces from Bilge Qaghan's Inscription

http://www.nihalatsiz.com/bilgekagan1.jpg
Eastern side of Bilge Qaghan's Inscription

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/orhon/B-ins.JPG
One of the inscriptions


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/bugat/inscription01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/bugat/inscription02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/bugat/inscription03.JPG
Bugut Inscription written in Soghdian, dating to the First Qaghanate Period


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/ins1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/ins2.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/ins3.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/ins4.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/site1.JPG
Inscription of Köl Ich Chor at Ikhe Khüshotu


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/choyr/Ch-insn1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/choyr/Ch-insp2.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/choyr/Ch-t1.JPG
Statue with a short inscription from Choir


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/khishig-ondor02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/khishig-ondor01.JPG
Small monument at Khishig Ondor


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/urtyn-am01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/urtyn-am02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/urtyn-am03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/urtyn-am04.JPG
Small monument at Urtyn Am


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/ikh-zhargalant01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/ikh-zhargalant02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/ikh-zhargalant03.JPG
Damaged monument at Ikh Zhargalant


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/altan-sandal-uul01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/altan-sandal-uul02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/altan-sandal-uul04.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/altan-sandal-uul05.JPG
Small Monument Complex at Altan Sandal Uul


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaany-adag01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaany-adag02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaany-adag03.JPG
Remains of a tomb complex, Bayantsagaany Adag


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaany-am01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaany-am02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaany-am03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaany-am04.JPG
Small monument from Bayantsagaany Am


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/artsatyn-am01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/artsatyn-am02.JPG
Small monument from Artsatyn Am


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ikh-khanyi-noor/sarcophagus02.JPG
Sarcophagus with inscription from Ikhe Khanyi Noor


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khol-asgat/bird01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khol-asgat/relief01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khol-asgat/relief02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khol-asgat/relief03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khol-asgat/relief04.JPG
Reliefs with inscriptions from Khol Asgat


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ikh-bichigt/inscription01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ikh-bichigt/inscription02.JPG
Inscriptions from Ikhe Bichigt

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ikh-bichigt/tamga01.JPG
Tamgas from Ikhe Bichigt

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ikh-bichigt/sarcophagus01.JPG
Sarcophagus at Ikhe Bichigt


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tevsh/animals01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tevsh/letters01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tevsh/camel.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tevsh/elephant01.JPG
Inscription and animal rock drawings from Tevsh Uul (what is that elephant doing in Mongolia?)

http://www.let.osaka-u.ac.jp/toyosi/members/moriyasu/HIBUN.JPEG
Another inscription
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« Reply #1 on Nov 18, 2004, 5:06pm »

Statues:


http://www.ulkuocaklari.org.tr/kulturedebiyat/grafik/kultigin.jpg
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupc/ca/cai/c1.jpg
http://www.nihalatsiz.com/kultegin1.jpg
Head of Köl Tigin's (Bilge Qaghan's younger brother) statue found in his tomb complex


http://www.balikesir.com/bilim/images/orhun2.jpg
http://www.balikesir.com/bilim/images/orhun3.jpg
http://www.eastart.net/01.06_img/zhwhhb01.6_66_2.jpg
Probably statues of noble, maybe found in Bilge Qaghan's (reigned 716-734) tomb complex (I’m not very sure of their places)


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/tarnyngol/locality1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/tarnyngol/stt4.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/tarnyngol/stt1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/tarnyngol/stt3.JPG
Statue of a noble, in Tarnyngol


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/statue00.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/portrait01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/pot01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/statue07.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/statue04.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/statue06.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/statue03.JPG
Statue at Nariyn Khuremt

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/nariynkhuremt/mound01.JPG
Nariyn Khuremt's mound


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaan/statue01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaan/statue02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaan/deer01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/bayantsagaan/deer02.JPG
Statue and rock carving from Bayan Tsagaan


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/ogoomorijn/statue1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/ogoomorijn/statue2.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/ogoomorijn/statue3.JPG
Statue from Ogoo Morijn


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/dundgovi/dundgovi01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/dundgovi/dundgovi02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/dundgovi/dundgovi03.JPG
Statue from Dundgovi Aimag Museum


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/urtyn-amraltyn/urtynamralt02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/urtyn-amraltyn/urtynamralt03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/urtyn-amraltyn/urtynamralt04.JPG
Statue from Urtyn Amraltyn


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/dundgovi/sarig-khajrkhan1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/dundgovi/sarig-khajrkhan2.JPG
Statue from Sarig Khajrkhan


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/asgan-devseg01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/asgan-devseg02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/stoneman/asgan-devseg03.JPG
Statue from Asgan Devseg


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tonyukuk/T-baba01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tonyukuk/balbal.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/tonyukuk/stoneS.JPG
Balbals and sattues from Tonyuquq’s tomb complex


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongi/balbal1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongi/balbal2.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongi/stt0.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongi/stt1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongi/stt5.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongi/sheep1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongi/kifu2.JPG
Statues and balbals from Ongin


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/stt1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/sheep1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/tile1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/sarcophagus1.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/khoshoot/balbal1.JPG
Statues from Ikhe Khöshotu


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/bugat/mound01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/bugat/balbal01.JPG
Mound and balbals at Bugut


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/lion01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/statue01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/statue02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/statue03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/statue04.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/sheep01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/sheep02.JPG
Statues from Shiveet Ulaan

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/shiveet-ulaan/mound01.JPG
Mound at Shiveet Ulaan


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/mukhar/kifu01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/mukhar/kifu02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/mukhar/kifu03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/mukhar/museum01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/mukhar/museum02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/mukhar/museum03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/mukhar/khiid01.JPG
Statues of a tortoise and of a noble from Mukhar


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/altan-sandal/statue01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/altan-sandal/statue02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/altan-sandal/statue03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/altan-sandal/balbal01.JPG
Statues and a balbal from Altan Sandal Uul

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/altan-sandal/mound01.JPG
Mound at Altan Sandal Uul


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/dadgyn-ovolzhoo/statue01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/dadgyn-ovolzhoo/statue02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/dadgyn-ovolzhoo/statue03.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/dadgyn-ovolzhoo/statue04.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/dadgyn-ovolzhoo/balbal01.JPG
Statues and balbals from Dadgyn Ovolzhoo


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ikh-khanyi-noor/statue02.JPG
Statue from Ikhe Khanyi Noor

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ikh-khanyi-noor/mound01.JPG
Mound at Ikhe Khanyi Noor


http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongot/balbal01.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongot/balbal02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongot/balbal04.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongot/sekizin02.JPG
http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/ongot/sekizin03.JPG
Balbals from Ongot


http://www.xlaq.nm.cninfo.net/users/abgq/aqsr.jpg
A statue or a balbal

http://www.eastart.net/01.06_img/zhwhhb01.6_66_1.jpg
Balbals

http://www.prcedu.com/exam/classic/images/tj.jpg
A "Balbal" statue representing enemies killed by a noble during his life

http://www.tianshannet.com.cn/media/200307/02/NewsMedia_4058.jpg
A small statue/balbal recently found in the Tianshan

http://okayama.lin.go.jp/tosyo/0209/mongol01.jpg
A balbal

http://www.silkroad-by-rail.com.cn/guide_images/ili_shiren.jpg
A balbal from Ili-Shiren

http://www.wpyz.net/home/history/wht/lszs/dtwt/Caoysr.jpg
Another balbal


http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p18.jpg
http://www.jts88.com/mongolia/tov/nalayh/nalayhimg/p20.jpg
Statues



Others:

http://www.turan.tc/kalem/gokturk/gokturk_dosyalar/8.jpg
A Tujue coin in Chinese style with a Tujue inscription, possibly found in Central/Eastern Mongolia

http://www.turan.tc/kalem/gokturk/gokturk_dosyalar/kutluk-gokturk.jpg
A Tujue ring with a stamp having "Qutlugh" (Possessor of Right to Rule) inscribed on it

http://homepage2.nifty.com/i-love-turk/uigur/sevrey/inscription05.JPG
Another Tamga

http://www.jlhs.net/???????/?????/5b04002a.jpg
A Chinese drawing showing Illig Qaghan (Xieli Kehan) signing an alliance with Tang Taizong after sacrificing white horses over a bridge on the Wei River
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« Reply #2 on Nov 18, 2004, 5:09pm »

(originially posted by Liu Ce at September 5)
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Good work it must have tooken you awhile to find all of thoughs URLs.


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(originially posted by me at September 7, 2004)
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Thanks, yes it took a lot of time :)
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« Reply #3 on Sept 9, 2005, 3:25am »

Thank you! Hard work. I always wanted to see the Bilge Qakhan Stella!!!
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turkleronline has great pictures I think...
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I agree, they always have interesting pictures which I use a lot :)
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« Reply #6 on Sept 13, 2006, 9:53pm »

Interesting pictures about objects found at Kul-tigin and Bilge-kagan memorial complexes can be seen here: http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/ubhist/turk.html
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« Reply #7 on Sept 13, 2006, 9:56pm »

Also: http://www.culture.mn/images.php?recordID=khushuu-tsaidam
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Oh Aca, thank you very much! :o :D
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 Re: Pictures about the Blue Turks
« Reply #9 on Sept 30, 2007, 5:29pm »

thank u very much
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