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Throughout history Turks have established many states in the lands they existed. This tradition of establishing states continued after embracing the religion of Islam. In the first Turkish-Islamic states whose names are frequently mentioned because of the states they established and the roles they played the symbols of reign and sovereignty are divided into two parts as spiritual and material. While spiritual elements are divided into two sections in itself as titulatures and sermon, material elements are divided into various subdivisions such as coin, menşûr, flag, palac, throne, crown, chatr, nevbet, capital, ghashiyah, ring, gold belt, gold buckle, gold handled sword, gold ornamental horse. Although the Abbasid State was in a weak situation with respect to the period it existed, it is regarded as the source of legitimacy and sovereignty for the first Turkish-Islamic states. For this reason, the rulers of the first Turkish-Islamic states felt the necessity of the getting these symbols right from the moment they ascended to the throne. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For Turks who founded a migrant civilization in the endless steppe, customs and ceremonies were essential parts of state. The ceremony of ascending the throne made the power and authority of the ruler more effective. The proof of carrying out customs and traditions about the state life in front of people was the traditional symbols of the Ruler. It was a question who would ascend the throne after the ruler. Diplomatists and public people used to elect the new Ruler by using different methods such as heir, struggle and assembly. The ceremony of ascending the throne as a heir was the first and worthiest one . Moreover, the Rulers knew how much people gave importance to the symbols. The ceremony of ascending the throne carried out with public people, and the power of the ruler was emphasized, then people accepted him as the ruler. Rulers used the symbols as a means of expressing themselves according to the customs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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