What (who) is Barha Tegin - definition
Barha Tegin
![Account of [[Gandhara]] by [[Hyecho]] (first three lines given here).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wang wu tian zhu guo zhuan 往 五 天 竺 國 傳 by Hui chao Hyecho, visit of Gandhara (建馱羅國).jpg?width=200 "Account of [[Gandhara]] by [[Hyecho]] (first three lines given here).")
![Sasanian-type]] altar on the reverse.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Turk Shahis. Sri Ranasrikari. Late 7th to early 8th century CE.jpg?width=200 "Sasanian-type]] altar on the reverse.")
 (32818775084).jpg?width=200 "Another coin in the name of \"Ranasrikari\"")
MAJESTIC SOVEREIGN
with inscription "Lord Ranasrikari" (Brahmi script: Sri Ranasrikari, "The Lord who brings excellence through war"), with tamgha of the Turk Shahis: . In this realistic portrait, he wears the double-lapel Turkic caftan, and a crown with three crescents (one hidden from view) surmounted by the head of a wolf, a Turkic symbol.
Tegin Shah
. After 679 CE.jpg?width=200 "Coin of Shahi Tegin (Sri Shahi).")
MAJESTIC SOVEREIGN
Khorasan Tegin Shah; Shahi Tegin; Sahi Tigin
Brahmi inscription around (starting 11:00): sri-hitivira kharalava parame – svara sri sahi tiginadeva karita ("His Excellency, Iltäbär of Khalaj, worshipper of the Supreme God, His Excellency the King, the divine Lord Tegin had minted this coin"). Inside, Bactrian inscription: σρι Ϸανο Sri Shaho (His Excellency the King").
Barha dynasty
INDIAN MUSLIM DYNASTY OF SAYYID ORIGIN
Barha Dynasty
The Barha Dynasty is an Indian Muslim dynasty of Sayyid origin, descending from the 7th-century AD Caliph, Ali. It is among the largest and oldest royal houses in India and the world, and consists of Abdullah al Wasiti, the founder of the dynasty, and his male-line descendants, who ruled in South Asia from their arrival at the close of the 10th century until the second half of the 20th century.
