page_title: Kul Tigin
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Kul Tigin / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Monument to Kul Tegin, Orkhon valley, Mongolia Italiano: Monumento a Kul Tegin, nella valle dell'Orhon, in Mongolia
context_page_description: Kul Tigin was a general and a prince of the Second Turkic Khaganate.
context_section_description: He died suddenly in 27 February 731. A stele in memory of Kül Tigin, which included inscriptions in both the Turkic and Chinese, was erected at his memorial complex at the present site of Khöshöö-Tsaidam. Kül-Tegin is also mentioned in the inscription erected in memory of his older brother Bilge Kagan at the neighbouring site of Khöshöö-Tsaidam-1.
  His burial ceremony took place in 1 November 731. He was posthumously renamed Inanču Apa Yarğan Tarqan Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰤𐰨𐰆:𐰯𐰀:𐰖𐰺𐰍𐰣:𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣‎ by Bilge Khagan.
  The headdress on the glabella part of Kül Tigin sculpture in the Khöshöö-Tsaidam enclave (Orkhon, Northern Mongolia) carries a bird with wings spread like an eagle, personifying a raven.
caption: Kul Tigin Monument inscribed in Old Turkic alphabet
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