The Bulgars 5th 6th Century

[Riothamus]

Bulgars 5th and 6th century

Any insight of the Bulgar faction during this time will be appreciated


Zilant Banner?


The Utigurs were a Hunno-Bulgar tribe that followed and participated with the Huns in their expansions North East of the Black Sea and across the Danube.

Hunno-Bulgar Kutrigurs, from the western Hunnic empire, also played a major role along with the Utigurs in the Huns military successes.

After the death of Attila, The Bulgar's were a very formidable people. The Utigurs who the Mod portrays settled and controlled a large region on the N.E. region of the Black Sea.

In 632, Kubrat united the Kutrigur and Utigur tribes who had been separated under the domain of the Avars.


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http://nauka.bg/forum/index.php?showtopic=375
Hunno-Bulgar Military Ranking
http://www.kutriguri.com/about_body_military.html
Not sure but need a warlord : Bagatur
-Bagatur - (Turkic) – literally “brave man”. Title, given by the Bulgars to the representatives of the aristocracy, which have glorified themselves in battles.
-Bagain – Lower noble rank, the so called “fed people” of the khan, used by the khan’s authority for restriction of the boils influence. The backbone of the armoured cavalry
-Boila-tarkan (vulias-tarkan) - (Bulgar) – Title, given in the Bulgarian Khanate to a governor of a big border region.Bulgar title.
- Chigot Bagain = A military commander of swordsmen.
- Irchirgu = An archer.


names
Kubrat
Batbayan
Asparuh
Kutrigur (western Bulgar tribe) leaders:
Kutrigur (490s-510s)
Khinialon (Chinialus) (540s-551)
Sinnion (Synion) (551-550s)
Zabergan (550s-582)
Gostun (582-584)
Utigur (eastern Bulgar tribe) leaders:
Uturgur (490s-510s)
Grod (520-528)
Mugel (528-530)
Sandilch (Sandil) (540s-560s)
Onogundur (federation of Kutrigurs and Utigurs) leaders:
Houdbaad (Hudbaad, Khudbard) (c.581-c.600)
Organa (Organ, Ornag; uncle and regent over the Onogundurs (617-630) of Kubrat)
From other sources (from the times the raiding period):
Buzan (Bulgar chieftain around 488)
Bulger and Drong (Bulgar leaders around 538)
Odolgan (around 546)

[NikeBG]

Hi!
About the banner - the zilant dragon was (and is) indeed in the CoA of Kazan (in Volga Bulgaria), but I'm not sure if it was used by all Bulgars at such an early stage (though there's also a theory that a dragon is depicted on the ring of a Danubian Bulgarian tsar from the beginning of the 13th century too). Not much is known in details about the Bulgars in their Pagan period, especially 5th and 6th centuries, but what we know from the responses of Pope Nicholas I to Khan/Kniaz/Tsar Boris I is that the Bulgars used a horse-tail (bunchuk) as a military banner. Another possible banner and very widely used symbol is this one: IYI, which is believed to represent the power of the Sky-God and his representative, the khan. An example is the horseman here (the flag being possibly inspired by this ancient graffiti) and also seen on the Pliska rosette.
Btw, I've read that on Turkic the groups of Kutrigur/Kuturgur translate to "wandering people" (nomads), while Utigur/Uturgur - to "sitting/settled people". So it would be fitting if the Kutrigurs are more nomadic, while the Utigurs are more settled, possibly even with some differences in ethnic composition (which also explains the somewhat different burial rituals).



Btw, here's an old collection of Bulgar personal names that I had found some years ago:
Alzek
Anzi
Apskhih
Asparukh (Isperikh, Ispor)
Bars
Bataul
Batoya
Batulia
Bayan (Bezmer, Batbayan, Boyan)
Boris
Bulger
Buzan
Chepa
Dizeng
Dometa
Dristar
Drong
Dukum
Elemag
Eskhach
Goleda
Gostun
Grigora
Grod
Guar
Houdbaad (Hudbaad, Khudbard)
Iratais
Isbul
Kano
Karan
Kardam
Khinialon (Chinialus)
Kordil
Kormesiy
Kormisosh
Korsis (Okors)
Kotrag
Krum
Kuber
Kubrat (Kurt, Kuvrat, Krovat)
Kutrigur
Magotin
Malamir
Marmais
Mugel
Odolgan
Okhsun (Okhsi)
Omurtag
Onegavon
Organa (Organ, Ornag)
Oshi
Ostro
Pagan
Praksa
Pressian
Rassate
Sabin (Savin)
Sandilch (Sandil)
Sevar
Shilke (female?)
Sigritsis
Silke (female?)
Sinnion (Synion)
Slavnas
Sondoke
Stazis
Tarasiy
Taridin (Tiradin)
Telec
Telerig
Tervel
Toktu
Tsog
Tsul
Tuk
Turdacis
Umor
Uturgur
Vanand
Vardan
Venda
Vetam
Vinekh
Yani
Zabergan
Zenti
Zvinitsis

[Riothamus]

Hi!
About the banner - the zilant dragon was (and is) indeed in the CoA of Kazan (in Volga Bulgaria), but I'm not sure if it was used by all Bulgars at such an early stage (though there's also a theory that a dragon is depicted on the ring of a Danubian Bulgarian tsar from the beginning of the 13th century too). Not much is known in details about the Bulgars in their Pagan period, especially 5th and 6th centuries, but what we know from the responses of Pope Nicholas I to Khan/Kniaz/Tsar Boris I is that the Bulgars used a horse-tail (bunchuk) as a military banner. Another possible banner and very widely used symbol is this one: IYI, which is believed to represent the power of the Sky-God and his representative, the khan. An example is the horseman here (the flag being possibly inspired by this ancient graffiti) and also seen on the Pliska rosette.
Btw, I've read that on Turkic the groups of Kutrigur/Kuturgur translate to "wandering people" (nomads), while Utigur/Uturgur - to "sitting/settled people". So it would be fitting if the Kutrigurs are more nomadic, while the Utigurs are more settled, possibly even with some differences in ethnic composition (which also explains the somewhat different burial rituals).



Btw, here's an old collection of Bulgar personal names that I had found some years ago:
Alzek
Anzi
Apskhih
Asparukh (Isperikh, Ispor)
Bars
Bataul
Batoya
Batulia
Bayan (Bezmer, Batbayan, Boyan)
Boris
Bulger
Buzan
Chepa
Dizeng
Dometa
Dristar
Drong
Dukum
Elemag
Eskhach
Goleda
Gostun
Grigora
Grod
Guar
Houdbaad (Hudbaad, Khudbard)
Iratais
Isbul
Kano
Karan
Kardam
Khinialon (Chinialus)
Kordil
Kormesiy
Kormisosh
Korsis (Okors)
Kotrag
Krum
Kuber
Kubrat (Kurt, Kuvrat, Krovat)
Kutrigur
Magotin
Malamir
Marmais
Mugel
Odolgan
Okhsun (Okhsi)
Omurtag
Onegavon
Organa (Organ, Ornag)
Oshi
Ostro
Pagan
Praksa
Pressian
Rassate
Sabin (Savin)
Sandilch (Sandil)
Sevar
Shilke (female?)
Sigritsis
Silke (female?)
Sinnion (Synion)
Slavnas
Sondoke
Stazis
Tarasiy
Taridin (Tiradin)
Telec
Telerig
Tervel
Toktu
Tsog
Tsul
Tuk
Turdacis
Umor
Uturgur
Vanand
Vardan
Venda
Vetam
Vinekh
Yani
Zabergan
Zenti
Zvinitsis

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