Bulgars

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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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Bulgars canonical 11
Volga Bulgars 10
Danube Bulgars 1

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 (23)

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