Old Great Bulgaria or Great Bulgaria (Παλαιά Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία in Byzantine chronicles; alternative name: Onoguria / Onoghuria ) was a Bulgar state founded by Kubrat, which existed in the 7th century north of the Caucasus mountains in the steppe between the Dniester and Lower Volga 1 .
- old great bulgaria - Kubrat
- Kubrat (also Kurt or Houvrat) was of the kingly Dulo clan 2 and the rightful heir of the Bulgar throne. He spent his adolescence in the Byzantine Empire, where he was educated and baptised 3 , while his maternal uncle Organa was a regent over his tribe.
- old great bulgaria - Establishment
- Between 630 and 635 Khan Kubrat managed to unite the two main Bulgar tribes of Kutrigur and Onogondur under a single rule, creating a powerful confederation which is referred to by the medieval authors as The Old Great Bulgaria _ Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople_ and also known as Onoghuria. Some scholars assume that it also included among its subjects the defeated Avars and stretched as far west as the Pannonian plain. It is presumed that his capital was the ancient city of Phanagoria on the Taman peninsula. Kubrat's grave was discovered in 1912 at Pereshchepina, Ukraine Rasho Rashev .
- old great bulgaria - Disintegration and successor states
- The events that unfolded following Kubrat's death are described by the Byzantine Partiarch Nicephorus I 4 . In the times of Emperor Constantine IV, he narrates, Kubrat died and Batbayan, the eldest of his five sons, was left in charge of the state. Under strong Khazar pressure, Kubrat's other sons disregarded their father's advice to stay together in order to resist the enemies and soon departed, taking their own tribes.
- old great bulgaria - Etymology of Onoghuria
- Variations of the name include:
- old great bulgaria - Other uses
- According to some sources, seven Finno-Ugric speaking tribes, including the Magyars, joined three Khazar-Turkic speaking Kabar clans to form a confederation also known as "Ten Arrows" or Onoghur. The word "Hungary" probably derives from this name. "OSZK" "EB" . Also the Romanian name for Magyar sounds even more similar to Onoghur - Ungur.
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