Whats the meaning of the falcon on the flag?

[erdene]

Ones on the left?

[Temüjin]

well Bor Chono mentioned that often the falcon is supposed to be Chinggis' personal standard.

[erdene]

Like a personal body guard??? I wanna design one and stick on my coat

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

I thought it was the Tuq

[Temüjin]

well i thought the Tuq is a general standard carried by all Mongol commanders. the falcon design however was only linked to Chinggis himself.

the symbol of the Keshigten bodyguard looks as follows:

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

But Činggis Qan had his unique nine tuq with nine horse tails as his symbol of rulership.

[Temüjin]

yeah but i thought it was a symbol for Mongolia & Mongols in general, not Chinggis Qan himself. i think it was Bor Chono who said that the falcon is symbol of Chinggis' family but i can't find the topic anymore.

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Well, the SHoM lists it as a symbol of legitimate rulers, not of the people. Just like those among the earlier Turkic states.

[Subu'atai]

Falcon is Chingghis Khaan's personal standard, us Kalmyks had his falcon and nine yak tails as our flag before complete russification.

[erdene]

Nov 25, 2008 21:58:25 GMT 3 erdene said:

Like a personal body guard??? I wanna design one and stick on my coat

I am looking for a place in my city where I can have a logo made so I can sew it onto the back of my coat...cant decide whether to choose the falcon or the soyombo...came up with another idea....basically its a Mongolian bow pulled back to full stretch but instead of an arrow there is an AK-47 !!! Can anybody design that??? would be cool!!!

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

I think our dear Bor Chono Yabġu can do that ;D