The Imperial Seal of the Mongols is a seal (tamgha) that was used by the Mongols. The imperial seals, bearing inscriptions in Mongolian script or other scripts, were used in the Mongol Empire, the Yuan dynasty and the Northern Yuan dynasty, among others.

According to Plano Carpini, the Russian handicraftsman, Kozma, made a seal for Güyük Khan. This seal might have been a seal used to stamp the letter to Pope Innocent IV.

Imperial Seal of the Mongols

The Polish scholar, Cyrill Koralevsky, shot a photo of the seal in 1920. The prominent French Mongolist, P. Pelliot, translated the Mongolian scripts on the seal later. However, the Mongolists believe that Kozma made only one of the imperial seals and a seal on the letter was Genghis Khan's, which was inherited by his successors.

Imperial Seal of the Mongols

During the Yuan dynasty, which ruled the whole of China proper, there were several seals. Biligtü Khan (Emperor Zhaozong) of the Northern Yuan dynasty had an imperial seal with the script "Great Yuan". In the 16th century, the Mongols used a square-shaped seal. When the Northern Yuan dynasty collapsed in 1635, Ejei Khan gave one of those seals to the Later Jin dynasty, which later became the Qing dynasty in 1636.

Imperial Seal of the Mongols

Bogd Jivzundamba, ruler of the Bogd Khaganate had a tamgha (seal) with the inscription "Holiness – Bogd Khan who holds religion and authority" in the 20th century.

See also

Heirloom Seal of the Realm

National seals of the Republic of China

Seal of the People's Government of the People's Republic of China

Seal of South Korea

National seals of Japan

Imperial Seal of Manchukuo

Seals of the Nguyễn dynasty

References

Mongol Empire

Yuan dynasty

Northern Yuan dynasty

History of Mongolia

Chinese heraldry

Mongolia

National symbols of Mongolia