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Khazar communities persisted here and there. Many Khazar mercenaries served in the armies of the Islamic Caliphates and other states. Documents from medieval Constantinople attest to a Khazar community mingled with the Jews of the suburb of Pera. [156] Khazar merchants were active in both Constantinople and Alexandria in the 12th century. [157]
The Khazar king Joseph gave the following account of the genealogy of the Bulanids.. Since [the time of the conversion to Judaism], when my fathers entered into this religion, the God of Israel has humbled all of their enemies, subjecting every folk and tongue round about them, whether Christian, Muslim, or pagan.
Map of the Khazar Khaganate in 650. Semikarakorsk Fortress (Russian: Семикаракорская крепость) was an early medieval Khazar fortification situated near the city of Semikarakorsk (Rostov Oblast, Russia).
Khazaran was a city in the Khazar kingdom, located on the eastern bank of the lower Volga River.It was connected to Atil by a pontoon bridge.. Khazaran was later inhabited primarily by Muslims and featured numerous mosques, minarets, and madrasas.
The Kuzari, full title Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion [1] (Judeo-Arabic: כתאב אלרד ואלדליל פי אלדין אלדׄליל; Arabic: كتاب الحجة والدليل في نصرة الدين الذليل: Kitâb al-ḥujja wa'l-dalîl fi naṣr al-dîn al-dhalîl), also known as the Book of the Khazar (Hebrew: ספר הכוזרי: Sefer ha-Kuzari ...
The Khazar slave trade took place in the Khazar Khaganate in Central Asia (in modern Kazakhstan). The Khazar Khaganate was a buffer state between Europe and the Muslim world and played a major part in the trade between Europe and the Middle East between the 8th and 10th centuries, and slaves were one of the main goods.
The 2002 discovery of a coin hoard in Sweden further complicates the issue, as some of the coins bear dates from the early 9th century and the legends "Ard al-Khazar" (Land of the Khazars) and "Moses is the Prophet of God". Since the coins date from 837 AD or 838 AD, some scholars think the conversion occurred in 838 AD.