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500 Manat Gara Yusup Beg
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of President Saparmurat Niyazov, first and lifelong President of Turkmenistan (1991–2006), rendered in high relief against a mirrored proof field. The effigy is unadorned and depicted in civilian dress. A circular legend arcs around the upper and lower periphery, separated by two laurel sprigs at the base, with a central dot serving as punctuation between the two inscription segments. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKMENISTANYĤ İLKİNJİ WE ÖMÜRLÜK PREZIDENTİ ∙ SAPARMYRAT NYÝAZOW ∙ (Translation: The first and lifelong President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov) |
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Gara Yusup Beg — known in Persian sources as Qara Yusuf — was the Turkmen chief of the Black Sheep confederation who defeated and killed Timur's son Miran Shah at the Battle of Sardrud in 1408, briefly reversing Timurid dominance over western Persia and Azerbaijan. His inclusion on a Turkmen commemorative coin in 2001 reflects the newly independent state's project of anchoring national identity to pre-Russian, pre-Soviet Turkic rulers — a deliberate reach back past two centuries of outside control to claim a medieval warrior as a founding cultural figure.