Legacy
Oghuz Khan is considered mythological founder of Turkic people, and ancestor of Oghuz subbranch of Turks. Even today, subbranches of Oghuz is classified in order of 6 sons and 24 grandsons of Oghuz Khan. In history, Turkmen dynasties often rebelled or claimed sovereignty, by saying their rank is higher than the existing dynasty in this tribal classification.
Oğuz and Oğuzhan are a common masculine Turkish given names, which are used in memory of Oghuz Khan.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)