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Wood panel with coat of arms<br />

west. With Sultan I. Bayezid's tughra, the part on<br />

which "Han, Muzaffer, Muzaffer Daima, el Muzaffer<br />

Daima" etc. titles are written symbolize the throne<br />

of Ottoman Empire. "El muzaffer Daima" (Ever Victorious)<br />

prayer also takes place with the name of the<br />

sultan. The tughra of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, who is<br />

the seventh sultan of Ottoman Empire, is important<br />

in terms of shape and esthetics to form the next<br />

tughras. Arms which take place in classic tughras<br />

are formed, nun letters' sanjak in "Ever Victorious<br />

Mehmed bin Murad Khan" word divide tughs, being<br />

parallel to left side arms part called as sword is<br />

formed. Tughs, sanjak, stand and arm parts which<br />

take place in classic tughras are united in Sultan<br />

II.Mehmet's signature, eggs which were inside of<br />

each other are moved away and took oval shape.<br />

Then, tughra began to take the shape of coat of<br />

arm. Around and inside of tughra is started to be<br />

decorated with a variety of motifs in Sultan II. Mehmed<br />

and Kanuni Sultan Suleyman's tughras. Arm<br />

part which had a slope shape until Sultan II. Mustafa<br />

is broken completely in this Sultan's tughra.<br />

Masterpiece of Mustafa Rakım Efendi considered as calligraphy<br />

masterwork, Sultan II. Mahmud's tughra, is accepted<br />

as the top. Near to stand part sultan's "Legal" pseudonym<br />

takes place on the arm part of the tughra.<br />

What makes tughra so successful are the different design<br />

of it with calligraphy masterpiece, even though every sultans'<br />

imprint has identification with the help of their similarity<br />

to the previous ones it give the feeling of continuity<br />

and stability. The content of tughra wasn't changed during<br />

the reign of sultan. Due to the sultan’s tughras on the<br />

documents, records' average date can be guessed easily.<br />

Printing tughra was done by the people who are called<br />

as tevkî nişancı, tuğrakeş, tuğrâî, tuğranuvis and unauthorized<br />

tughra can not be done. Nişancı had to know the<br />

laws of the State well, was in educated layer at the same<br />

time he was a member of Imperial council.<br />

Tughra Consists of Four Parts:<br />

The first section Sere (Tribune): is the text part where Sultan's<br />

and his father's name and the prayer "Shah, Khan,<br />

the ever victorious" is written.<br />

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