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| Imperial Seal of the Mongols | |
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| Adopted | 13th century |
| Motto | Möngke ṭngri-yin küčündür. Yeke Mongγol ulus-un dalai-in qanu ǰrlγ. Il bulγa irgen-dür kürbesü, büsiretügüi azatuγai. ("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") ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡ ᠲᠩᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ |
TheImperial Seal of the Mongols is aseal (tamgha) that was used by theMongols. The imperial seals, bearing inscriptions inMongolian script or other scripts, were used in theMongol Empire, theYuan dynasty, and theNorthern Yuan dynasty, among others.
According toPlano Carpini, the Russian handicraftsman, Kozma, made a seal forGüyük Khan. This seal might have been a seal used to stamp the letter toPope Innocent IV.
The Polish scholar, Cyrill Koralevsky, shot a photo of the seal in1920. The prominent French Mongolist,Paul 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 wasGenghis Khan's, which was inherited by his successors.[1][citation needed]
During the Yuan dynasty, which ruled Mongolia, the whole ofChina proper, Tibet and other areas, several new seals were issued for local rulers. The imperial seal was kept by theBorjigin clan and was brought back to Mongolia when theYuan court fled north. When the Northern Yuan collapsed in 1635,Ejei Khan gave a seal written insmall seal script toHong Taiji,Khan of theLater Jin dynasty, which later became theQing dynasty in 1636.[2]
Bogd Jivzundamba, ruler of theBogd Khaganate had a tamgha (seal) with the inscription "Holiness – Bogd Khan who holds religion and authority" in the 20th century.[3]
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