Tigin
Tigin or Tegin (in the Orkhon inscriptions : ???? ; with Arabic-Persian letters تكينwritten; Pl. Tigit or tegit ) is an old Turkish title with the meaning prince (or prince ), which was also used very often as part of the name in the medieval Orient (among Turkish immigrants). Typical compositions are:
- Alp-Tegin ("brave prince")
- Name of a Turkish military slave who laid the foundation stone for the Ghaznavid Empire in the 10th century → see Alp-Tigin (Ghazna)
- Name of a Turkish military leader who ruled Damascus in the 10th century → see Alp-Tigin (Damascus)
- Anusch-Tegin ("immortal prince")
- Name of one of the two founders of the Druze (named after him) → see Anusch-Tegin ad-Dar (a) zi (worked at the time of al-Hakim )
- Name of a Fatimid governor of Syria / Palestine who died in 1042 → see Anusch-Tegin ad-Duzbiri
- Name of a Turkish military slave who founded the fourth dynasty of Khorezm Shahs in the 11th century → see Anusch-Tegin Ghartschai
- Name of an atabeg of the Seljuk sultan Toghril II.
- Arslan-Tegin ("Lion Prince")
- (a) Name of the Khorezm Shah Qutb ad-Din Muhammad (I.)
- Name of a Qarakhanid ruler in Sogdia
- Ay-Tegin ("Prince of the Moon")
- Name of a Turkish emir under the Ayyubid as-Salih and the first Egyptian Mamluk sultans → see Ala ad-Din Ay-Tegin al-Bunduqdar (d. 1285)
- Bek-Tegin ("strong prince") or Beg -Tegin
- Name of the ancestor of the Begteginid dynasty of Erbil
- Bilge-Tegin ("wise prince")
- Name of a military leader in the service of the Seljuq sultan Malik-Shah I.
- Name of a Turkish military slave who took power in Ghazna after Alp-Tegin and before Böri-Tegin (ruled approx. 966–975)
- Name of a military leader in the service of the two Ghaznawid sultans Mahmud and Masud I.
- Böri-Tegin ("Wolf Prince")
- Name of a Turkish military slave who took power in Ghazna after Bilge-Tegin and before Sebük-Tegin (ruled approx. 975–977)
- Name of a ruler from the (western) Qarachanid dynasty (ruled approx. 1052-1068)
- Gümüsch-Tegin ("Silver Prince")
- Name of the Atabeg of the Seljuq sultan Berk-Yaruq
- Name of a general in the service of Sultan Malik-Shah I.
- Name of the early 12th century. Reigning in Sivas Danishmends -Herrschers whose father Danishmend Gazi was
- Inal-Tegin
- Kütsch-Tegin ("mighty prince")
- Name of a military man in the service of the Khorezm Shah Jalal ad-Din
- Qut-Tegin ("Lucky Prince")
- Qutlugh-Tegin ("happy prince")
- Name of the Atabeg of Seljuk sultan Muhammad I. Tapar
- Sebük-Tegin ("beloved prince")
- Name of a Turkish military slave who founded the Ghaznavid dynasty in 977 → see Sebük-Tegin
- Toghril-Tegin ("Falcon Prince")
- Name of the son of the Khorezm Shah Ekintschi b. Qochqar
- Name of a Qarachanid ruler who ruled from 1074-1075
- Tugh-Tegin
- Name of the Atabeg of the Seljuq ruler Duqaq , who rose to ruler of Damascus in 1104 and founded the Burid dynasty → see Tugh-Tegin
- Yal-Tegin ("shining prince")
- Name of a Turkish general in the service of the Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz
- Altun-Tegin ("Gold Prince")
- Bay-Tegin ("rich prince")
- Qara-Tegin ("black prince")
- Toghan-Tegin ("Falcon Prince")
- Tschaghri-Tegin (" Merlin Prince")
- Ali-Tegin
- Buqu-Tegin
- Chumar-Tegin
- Hasan-Tegin
- Mahmud Tegin
- Mengli-Tegin
- Or-Tegin
- Qotur-Tegin
- Rasul-Tegin
- Sav-Tegin
- Siqnaq-Tegin
- Sonqur-Tegin
- Tükel-Tegin
- Yaqub-tegin
- Yighan-Tegin