Letter of Cagan
Reconstruction, not a copy of the monument: the Mongolian-script text is generated automatically from the transcription in modern Unicode spelling. The orthography of pre-classical documents differed; consult the facsimile and the edition.
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ᠲᠩᠷᠢ ᠮᠡᠲᠦ ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠪᠣᠭᠳᠠ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠢ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨᠡ ᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠥᠴᠦᠬᠡᠨ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠦᠰᠡᠬᠦᠢ ᠰᠡᠳᠬᠢᠯ ᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠳᠬᠠᠬᠤᠶᠢᠨ ᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠳᠬᠠᠬᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠤᠴᠢᠷ ᠢᠨᠤ ᠡᠷᠲᠡ ᠤᠷᠢᠳᠠ ᠰᠢᠽᠤ ᠪᠣᠭᠳᠠ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠥᠳᠦᠭᠡ ᠡᠳᠦᠭᠡ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠢ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨᠡ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ ᠪᠡᠯᠡᠭ ᠲᠠᠰᠤᠷᠠᠯ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ ᠪᠠᠷᠢᠵᠢ ᠪᠠᠷᠢᠵᠤ ᠶᠠᠪᠤᠳᠠᠭ ᠪᠦᠯᠦᠭᠡ
tngri metü yeke boγda ejen-i[=ejen-ü] gegen-e ayiladqal öčüken čaγan küseküi sedkil-iyer ayiladqaquyin[=ayiladqaqu-yin] učir inu, erte urida sizu boγda qaγan-ača ödüge[=edüge] deger-e ejen-i[=ejen-ü] gegen-e bičig beleg tasural ügei bariji[=bariju] yabudaγ bülüge.
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ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠢ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠢ ᠠᠮᠤᠭᠤᠯᠠᠩ ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠨ ᠢ ᠡᠯᠴᠢ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ ᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠠᠶᠢᠯᠳᠠᠳᠬᠠᠪᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠳᠬᠠᠪᠠ
ejen-i[=ejen-ü] altan gegen-i amuγulang sayin-i elči bičig-iyer ayildadqaba[=ayiladqaba].
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ᠵᠢᠴᠢ ᠪᠠᠰᠠ ᠭᠠᠶᠢᠬᠮᠰᠢᠭ ᠳᠤ ᠭᠠᠶᠢᠬᠮᠰᠢᠭᠲᠤ ᠪᠣᠭᠳᠠ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠯᠤᠪᠵᠠᠩ ᠭᠦᠮᠪᠦ ᠷᠠᠪᠳᠠᠨ ᠢ ᠶᠡᠬᠡᠳᠡ ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᠡᠳᠦᠭᠡ ᠮᠠᠨᠢ ᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠭᠡᠮ ᠢ ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠮ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠳᠤ ᠶᠡᠬᠡᠳᠡ ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠰᠵᠤ ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠰᠴᠤ ᠰᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠠᠲᠠᠯᠠ ᠠᠲᠠᠯᠠ ᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠬᠤᠲᠤᠭᠲᠤ ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠢ ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠱᠠᠵᠢᠨ ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ ᠢ ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠤᠰᠠᠳᠤ ᠲᠤᠰᠠ ᠳᠤ ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠬᠤ ᠮᠡᠲᠦ ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠷᠯᠢᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠢ ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠤ ᠥᠭᠡᠳᠡ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠨ ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠡᠳ ᠮᠠᠨᠢ ᠮᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡᠶᠢᠭᠢ ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠶᠢ ᠰᠤᠷᠭᠠᠵᠤ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠯᠦᠭᠡ ᠨᠢᠭᠡᠨ ᠲᠥᠷᠦ ᠰᠠᠰᠢᠨ ᠲᠠᠢ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠭᠲᠤᠨ ᠭᠡᠵᠢ ᠭᠡᠵᠦ ᠵᠠᠷᠯᠢᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠳᠤ ᠮᠠᠰᠢᠳᠠ ᠵᠥᠪ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠵᠦ ᠡᠵᠡᠨ ᠢ ᠦᠷᠭᠦᠯᠵᠢ ᠲᠦᠰᠢᠵᠦ ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠶᠠ ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠵᠢ ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠵᠤ ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠷᠯᠢᠭ ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠶᠢᠭᠢ ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠷ ᠠ ᠶᠢ ᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠳ
jiči basa γayiqаmsiγ-du[=γayiqаmsiγtu] boγda ejen lubjang gümbü rabdan-i yekede qayiralan, edüge mani[=man-u] gem-i erdem boluγsan-du, yekede bayasju[=bayasču] saγun atala[=atal-a], ilaγuγsan qutuγtu burqan-i[=burqan-u] šajin amitan-i[=amitan-u] tusadu[=tusa-du] jokiqu metü sayin jarliγ bolji[=bolju] ögede bolun ireged, mani[=man-u] bügüdeyigi[=bügüde-yi] surγaju, deger-e ejen-lüge nigen törü sasin-tai boluγtun geji[=gejü] jarliγ boluγsan-du masida jöb kemejü, ejen-i ürgülji tüsijü daγay-a, jakiji[=jakiju] sayin jarliγ qayirayigi[=qayir-a-yi] ayilad.