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Description: Seal of Güyük Khan using the classical Mongolian script, as found in a letter sent to the Roman Pope Innocent IV in 1246. English translation: "Under the Power of the Eternal Heaven, if the Decree of the Oceanic Khan of the Great Mongol Nation reaches people both subject or belligerent, let them revere, let them fear". Literally: "Eternal Heaven's Power-under, Great Mongol Nation's Oceanic Khan's Decree, Subject Belligerent People-unto reach-if, Revere-may Fear-may". Transcription of text columns (modern Mongolian in brackets) Möngke ṭngri-yin (Monkh tengeriin) küčündür. Yeke Mongγol (khuchin dor. Ikh Mongol) ulus-un dalai-in (ulsyn dalai) qanu ǰrlγ. Il bulγa (khaany zarlig. Il bulkha) irgen-dür kürbesü, (irgen dor khurvees) büsiretügüi ayutuγai. (bishirtugei ayutugai.)
Title: Guyuk khan's Stamp 1246
Credit: Transferred from ja.wikipedia to Commons. Paul Pelliot, "Les Mongols et la papauté" Paris and 1923. pp.22-23. (Rotated 90° counterclockwise during transwiki, to restore the vertical orientation of the script.)
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