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Description Seal of lord Uglarg, the King of the Huns, the great Kushanshah, the Afshiyan of Samarkand.
Inscription on the seal in Bactrian:

βαγο ολαργο υονανο ϸαο οαζαρκο κοϸανοϸαο σαμαρκανδο αφϸιιανο
"Lord Ularg the King of the Huns, the Great Kushan Shah, the Afshiyan of Samarkand"

References:

  • ALRAM, MICHAEL (2014). "From the Sasanians to the Huns New Numismatic Evidence from the Hindu Kush". The Numismatic Chronicle. 174: 270. ISSN 0078-2696.
  • Lerner, Judith A.; Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2011). Seals, sealings and tokens from Bactria to Gandhara : 4th to 8th century CE. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 72–75. ISBN 978-3700168973.
  • Bakker, Hans (21 January 2021). Masters of the Steppe: The Impact of the Scythians and Later Nomad Societies of Eurasia: Proceedings of a conference held at the British Museum, 27-29 October 2017. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-78969-648-6.
  • Rezakhani, Khodadad (15 March 2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-4744-0030-5.
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Aman ur Rahman
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: https://www.academia.edu/34156496/_ERC_The_Huns_in_Central_and_South_Asia_How_Two_Centuries_of_War_against_Nomadic_Invaders_from_the_Steps_are_Concluded_by_a_Game_of_Chess_between_the_Kings_of_India_and_Iran The Huns in Central and South Asia]

Immediate source: https://www.academia.edu/34156496/_ERC_The_Huns_in_Central_and_South_Asia_How_Two_Centuries_of_War_against_Nomadic_Invaders_from_the_Steps_are_Concluded_by_a_Game_of_Chess_between_the_Kings_of_India_and_Iran The Huns in Central and South Asia]

Date of publication 2017
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An important historical artifact of the Kidarites, in the possession of private collector Aman ur Rahman.

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