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Turkey: Turkish (Osmanli) script. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (r.1520-66)

Turkey: Turkish (Osmanli) script. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (r.1520-66)

Turkey: Turkish (Osmanli) script. Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent (r.1520-66). A tughra (Ottoman Turkish: طغراء; Ṭuğrā) is a calligraphic monogram, seal or signature of an Ottoman sultan that was affixed to all official documents and correspondence. It was also carved on his seal and stamped on the coins minted during his reign.

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