Bulgars

E120221

The Bulgars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who migrated into southeastern Europe in the early Middle Ages and played a central role in founding the First Bulgarian Empire.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Bulgars canonical 22
Volga Bulgars 21
Danubian Bulgars 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic people ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Pliska–Preslav culture ⓘ
associatedRuler Khan Asparuh ⓘ
Khan Krum ⓘ
Khan Kubrat ⓘ
Khan Omurtag ⓘ
burialCustom kurgan-type burials ⓘ
capitalCity Pliska ⓘ
christianizationUnder Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
conflictWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
eliteStratum Turkic-speaking warrior aristocracy ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Central Asia ⓘ
ethnogenesisContribution formation of the Bulgarian people ⓘ
foundedState First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Volga Bulgaria ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
languageShift abandoned Bulgar language ⓘ
adopted Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
laterCapitalCity Preslav ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
laterWritingSystem Cyrillic alphabet (via Christianization) ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script

Glagolitic alphabet (via Christianization) ⓘ
linked to: Glagolitic script
legacy ethnonym of Bulgarians ⓘ
name of the modern state of Bulgaria ⓘ
linguisticAffiliation Oghuric branch of Turkic languages ⓘ
mergedWith Slavic populations in the Balkans ⓘ
Thracian remnants ⓘ
migratedAcross Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube
migrationDestination southeastern Europe ⓘ
militaryReputation steppe cavalry warfare ⓘ
neighboringEntity Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
originalHomeland Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
north of the Black Sea ⓘ
playedCentralRoleIn foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
politicalOrganization semi-nomadic tribal confederation ⓘ
politicalTitle khan ⓘ
knyaz ⓘ
tsar ⓘ
primaryReligion Tengrism ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
subjectOfDebate extent of Turkic vs Iranian elements ⓘ
treatyPartner Byzantine Empire ⓘ
writingSystem runiform or tamga-like signs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bulgarians → ethnogenesisInfluence → Proto-Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Kyivan Rus → tradedWith → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Chuvash → relatedEthnicity → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Khan Krum → ethnicGroup → Bulgars ⓘ
Khazar Khaganate → borderedBy → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Khazar Khaganate → influenced → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Volga Bulgaria historical area → ethnicGroup → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Oghur languages → associatedPeople → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Oghur languages → associatedPeople → Danube Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Polovtsy → conflictWith → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Comani → interactedWith → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Cuman–Kipchak confederation → neighbors → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Chuvash people → relatedEthnicGroup → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Battle of Ongal → combatant → Bulgars ⓘ
Oghur Turkic → spokenBy → Bulgars ⓘ
Oghur Turkic → relatedTo → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Kievan Rus military forces → foughtAgainst → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Rus → tradingPartner → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Esperih → associatedPeople → Proto-Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Bulgar → descendants → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Dulo → ethnicGroup → Bulgars ⓘ
Dulo → associatedPeople → Proto-Bulgarians ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Proto-Bulgarian → spokenBy → Bulgar tribes ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Proto-Bulgarian → ethnicGroupAssociated → Danubian Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Proto-Bulgarian → ethnicGroupAssociated → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Onogur Bulgaria → ethnicBasis → Bulgars ⓘ
Patria Onoguria → ethnicGroup → Bulgars ⓘ
Volodymyr the Great → militaryCampaignsAgainst → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Onogurs → associatedWith → Bulgars ⓘ
Onogurs → associatedWith → Proto-Bulgarians ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Onogurs → successorGroup → Danubian Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Onogurs → successorGroup → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Atil → connectedTo → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Bolghar → associatedPeople → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Sabirs → possibleSuccessorGroups → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
Bulgar merchants → ethnicGroup → Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars