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The Magyar or Hungarian tribes (/ ˈ m æ ɡ j ɑːr / MAG-yar, Hungarian: magyar törzsek) or Hungarian clans were the fundamental political units within whose framework the Hungarians (Magyars) lived, before the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin and the subsequent establishment of the Principality of Hungary.
The Seven chieftains of the Magyars (or Hungarians) were the leaders of the seven tribes of the Hungarians at the time of their arrival in the Carpathian Basin in AD 895. Constantine VII, emperor of the Byzantine Empire names the seven tribes in his De Administrando Imperio, a list that can be verified with names of Hungarian settlements. The ...
The tribe called Megyer was the leading tribe of the Hungarian alliance that conquered the centre of the basin. At the same time (c. 895), due to their involvement in the 894–896 Bulgaro-Byzantine war , Hungarians in Etelköz were attacked by Bulgaria and then by their old enemies the Pechenegs.
Pages in category "Hungarian tribes and clans" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Árpád ...
In the Hungarian chronicles, references to "seven leading persons" [91] or "seven captains" [92] denote the existence of seven Magyar tribes. [ 93 ] Porphyrogenitus said the tribes did not "obey their own particular [voivodes], but [had] a joint agreement to fight together with all earnestness and zeal ... wheresoever war breaks out", [ 94 ...
Árpád was the son of Álmos who is mentioned as the first head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes by all Hungarian chronicles. [1] [2] His mother's name and family are unknown. [3] According to historian Gyula Kristó, Árpád was born around 845. [4] His name derived from the Hungarian word for barley, árpa. [4]
The Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, [1] also known as the Hungarian conquest [2] or the Hungarian land-taking [3] (Hungarian: honfoglalás, lit. 'taking/conquest of the homeland'), [ 4 ] was a series of historical events ending with the settlement of the Hungarians in Central Europe in the late 9th and early 10th century.
Pages in category "Ancient tribes in Hungary" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Azali (tribe) B.