Bayan I

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Bayan I was a 6th-century khagan of the Avars who led their migration into Central and Eastern Europe and established the powerful Avar Khaganate.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bayan I canonical 3
Bayan I, for the Avars 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century ruler ⓘ
Avar khagan ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
activeYearsEnd c. 602 ⓘ
activeYearsStart c. 560 ⓘ
ally Alboin, King of the Lombards ⓘ
linked to: Alboin
associatedWith Carpathian steppe culture ⓘ
early medieval Balkans ⓘ
conflict Byzantine–Avar wars ⓘ
Lombard–Gepid War (567) ⓘ
country Avar Khaganate ⓘ
deathDate c. 602 ⓘ
deathPlace Avar Khaganate ⓘ
ethnicGroup Avars ⓘ
governmentForm nomadic empire ⓘ
historicalSource Menander Protector ⓘ
Theophylact Simocatta ⓘ
influenced early medieval political landscape of Central Europe ⓘ
migration patterns of Lombards and other peoples ⓘ
languageOfName Avar ⓘ
notableEvent Avar settlement in the Carpathian Basin ⓘ
destruction of the Gepid Kingdom ⓘ
sieges and campaigns against Byzantine territories in the Balkans ⓘ
notableFor establishing a powerful steppe empire in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
founding the Avar Khaganate in the Carpathian Basin ⓘ
leading the Avar migration into Central Europe ⓘ
leading the Avar migration into Eastern Europe ⓘ
subjugating various Slavic and Germanic tribes ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Gepids ⓘ
positionHeld Khagan of the Avars ⓘ
linked to: Avar khagan
powerBase steppe cavalry forces ⓘ
precededBy early Avar tribal leadership in the Eurasian steppe ⓘ
region Carpathian Basin ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
reignEnd c. 602 ⓘ
reignStart c. 562 ⓘ
religion Tengrism (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Tengrism
successor Avar khagans of the 7th century ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century ⓘ
title Khagan ⓘ
linked to: Avar khagan

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Avar Khaganate → notableFigure → Bayan I ⓘ
siege of Sirmium (582) → commanderOfSide → Bayan I, for the Avars ⓘ
linked to: Bayan I
Khagan Bayan II → successorOf → Bayan I ⓘ