Turkic culture

Babur (, ; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise').

lamellophone instrument

thumb|right|A traditional Kyrgyz Epic of Manas|manaschi performing part of the epic poem (dastan) at a yurt camp in [[Karakol]] Dastan () is an ornate form of oral history, an epic, from Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

thumb|Tamgha of the Bayundur, which represents a [[falcon according to Mahmud al-Kashgari]] A tamga, or tamgha (from ), was an abstract seal or brand used by Eurasian nomads and cultures influenced by them, initially as a livestock branding. The tamga was used as a livestock branding for a particular tribe, clan or family. They were common among the Eurasian nomads throughout Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages. As clan and family identifiers, the collection and systematic comparison of tamgas is regarded to provide insights into relations between families, individuals and ethnic groups in

Tarkhan (, or ; ; ; ; ; 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.

rank of a high nobleman or prince

thumb|Begum Malika-uz-Zamani, wife of the [[Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.]]

ethnocultural synthesis that arose in Asia during the 14th century

thumb|Modern horse and rider Jigit (also spelled as Dzhigit, yigit, zhigit or igid) is a word used in the North Caucasus and Central Asia to describe a skillful and brave equestrian, or a brave person in general. The word is of Turkic origin.

distinctive culture in Central Asia

semi-legendary XIV/XV century Iranian painter (or more likely group of painters) under whose name exist particular genre of islamic painting

in the Turkic speaking areas, title awarded annually by TURKSOY

thumb|Possible Hephthalite ruler. Shahi Tegin 728 CE.

Russian folk-literature hero

writer (1895-1988)

"Lebdeğmez atışma" or "Dudak değmez aşık atışması" in Turkey, whose literal meaning in Turkish is "two troubadours throwing verses at each other where lips do not touch each other", is the traditional and still practiced event of oratory match, a form of instantaneously improvised poetry sang by opposing Ashiks taking turns for artfully criticising each other with one verse at a time, is done by each first placing a pin between their upper and lower lips so that the improvised song, usually accompanied by a Saz (played by the ashik himself), consists only of labial lipograms i.e. without words

eurasiatic folk custom