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‖ toughra|ˈtugra|
Also toghra, tughra, tuǧra.
[a. Turkish tura, tuǧra.]
An ornamental monogram incorporating the name and title of the Sultan.
1888S. Lane-Poole Turkey 36 [1365] It is said that Murād signed the treaty, for lack of a pen, with his open hand, over which he had smeared some ink, in the manner of Eastern seals. This veritable sign-manual is believed to be the origin of the tughra or Sultan's cipher, which has ever since appeared on the coinage and the official documents of the Turks. 1903Amer. Jrnl. Numismatics Jan. 73 The principal device on the gold coins of the present Sultan..is the imperial toghra. 1954Stamp Lover XLVI. 136/1 Turkey was introduced by an official document of 1840 bearing the manuscript Toughra or signature of the Sultan. 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 488 The tughra, the monogram of the sultan's names and titles which is a feature of later Turkish coinage.., appeared for the first time under Suleyman I. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia III. 664/2 A distinctive tuǧra was created for each sultan and affixed to imperial decrees by a skilled calligrapher. |