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The Bulgars, at least the Danubian Bulgars, had a well-developed clan and military administrative system of "inner" and "outer" tribes, [112] governed by the ruling clan. [113] They had many titles, and according to Steven Runciman the distinction between titles which represented offices and mere ornamental dignities was somewhat vague. [ 114 ]
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A 2007 monument to emir Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, a ruler of Volga Bulgaria, founder of Elabuga [1] Bulgarism is an ideology aimed at the "revival of Bulgars' national identity" and Volga Bulgaria statehood. [2] It originated in the second half of 19th century within the Wäisi movement [3] and the Society for the study of the native land ...
The early Bulgars were a warlike people and war was part of their everyday life, with every adult Bulgar obliged to fight. The early Bulgars were exclusively horsemen: in their culture, the horse was considered a sacred animal and received special care. The supreme commander was the khan, who mustered the army with the help of the aristocracy.
It is often further specified as the Danube Bulgarian Khanate, or Danube Bulgar Khanate [18] [19] in order to differentiate it from Volga Bulgaria, which emerged from another Bulgar group. From the country's Christianization in 864 and the assumption of the imperial title by its rulers in 913, the country is also referred to as the Principality ...
Alciocus fled with 9,000 Bulgars to Bavaria where he asked the Frankish king Dagobert I for a piece of land to settle in. The king at first allowed them some land, but one night he ordered his army to slaughter the Bulgars. Only 700 out of 9,000 survived the slaughter and fled for protection to Valuk king of the Wends. [2]
Bulgars, a historical Turkic group; Bulgar language, the extinct language of the Bulgars; Oghur languages; Bulgar may also refer to: Bolghar, the capital city of Volga Bulgaria; Bulgur, a wheat product; Bulgar, an Ashkenazi Jewish dance form used in Klezmer music; Bulgar, Chekmagushevsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan; Bulgar Mosque
Nevertheless, according to the 12th-century chronicle of Michael the Syrian the remnant of those Bulgars were granted Dacia in the time of Maurice (r. 582-602). [6] It is unknown if Zabergan was related to the Byzantine general named Zabergan, who in 586 defended the fortress Chlomaron against the Romans.