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| Автор | [Britannica 1897] (Нерегистриран) | |
| Публикувано | 18.10.03 05:01 |
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Bulgarians: ugly, short, dark as Indians...Tartar [Britannica 1897]
Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition, 1897
Point of interest:
"...The official titles recorded by Ibn Fadlвn are those in use
amongst the Tartar nations of that age, whether Huns, Bulgarians,
Turks, or Mongols...."
3. There were Khazars and Kara (black) Khazars. The "Khazars" were
fair-skinned, black-haired, and of a remarkable beauty and stature;
their women indeed were sought as wives equally at Byzantium and
Baghdad; while the "Kara Khazars" were ugly, short, and were reported
by the Arabs almost as dark as Indians. The latter were indubitably
the Ugrian nomads of the steppe, akin to the Tartar invaders of
Europe, Huns, Bulgarians, and Hungarians, who filled the armies and
convoyed the caravans of the ruling caste. But the Khazars proper
were a civic commercial people, the founders of cities, remarkable
for somewhat elaborate political institutions, for persistence, for
good faith — all qualities foreign to the Hunnic character.
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