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Tengrism, Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, these are the three most popular areas of religious research in Bulgarian scholarship regarding the pre-Christian beliefs in Danube Bulgaria prior to AD 864. This paper tries to shed light to both the... more
"The role of the Great Bulgaria is supposed to be very important for the ethnic identity formation of the tribes that were part of this confederation. Some of them kept their own identity, but others, most likely, after the... more
In 2015-2016 yy. in Fudan University (Shanghai), headed by ethnogenomist Shao-Qing Wen (文少卿)[1] in China were tested to determine the Y-DNA haplogroup the representatives from aristocratic Turkic clans Ashina[2] (creators and managers... more
Bulgar diye anılan boylar birlikteliğinin oluşumunda ve Magna (Büyük) Bulgar ile Tuna Bulgar devletlerinin kurucu unsurları arasında yer alan Onogurlar, Oğuzların kardeşi ve batı kolu olan Ogurlara mensup idiler. Avrupa Hun Devleti’nin... more
The article deals with a slightly overlooked episode of the early history of the Bulgars and their role in one of the most controversial chapters in the history of the Christian Faith. As a result of the struggle between Chalcedonians and... more
Paper presents an attempt at deciphering of Murfatlar alphabet, a Runiform script used to write over 80 short inscriptions and graphs found at Rock Churches near village of Basarabi, Romania. The language assumed to be used there is... more
The paper analyses John of Antioch' s early mention of Bulgarian presence on the Balkan peninsula.
This is the second edition of the book originally published in 2005, by the 'Gutenberg" Publ. House, Sofia. It deals with the so-called 'Inside' and 'Outside' Others in the histories of Bulgars, Khazars, Ancient Turk, and Uighurs and... more
Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Tarih Bölümü, Mezuniyet Tezi.
Four Inscriptions written in Bulgar language are presented in this paper. Their grammatical structure and lexical content are examined and compared. Among the findings of this work are both unknown name of a God/Goddess and a verb.
The paper introduces newly found logographic script named by authod Bulgarian Sacred Script. Several inscriptions attributed to this Runiform script are investigated. Also, connection between BSS and Chinese script is being established.
The article deals with the comparative analysis of the shapes of kitchen pots of the 8th-9th centuries from archeological sites of the Middle Don, the Steppe Seversky Donets and the Lower Danube. The study is carried out using the... more
Author has asked an interesting question in his study. That is, the question of the so-called bestowing of rule by Slavs to non-Slavic rulers chosen by the Slavic community. This action is, as far as world history is concerned, known from... more
The paper presents evidence of Bregalnica mission of St. Cyril. Also, several Runiform inscriptions are examined and interpreted. In result, a connection between certain Runiform graphs and Glagolitic letter is established.
The article is devoted to one of the parts of the Turkic speaking Bulgarian people, who migrated to Western Europe in the VII century. The author presents the information of the written sources on Bulgarians led by Alzec and considers the... more
The paper is an attempt of a new interpretation of the term saqaliba that Ahmad ibn Fadlan, who was a 10-century Arab traveler, used in his Kitab as a designation of the population of the Middle Volga region. The most likely is that... more
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Bu bildiri, 5-6 Mart 2020 tarihlerinde İstanbul Üniversitesi Güneydoğu Avrupa Araştırma Merkezi tarafından düzenlenecek olan Güneydoğu Avrupa'da Kültürel Etkileşimler adlı sempozyumda sunulacaktır.
The paper introduces over 29 stone, brick and mortar bedding surfaces covered with Runiform graphs, ligatures and inscriptions found in valley of Bregalnica, Republic North Macedonia. In addition, all graphs are analysed and compared... more
The paper presents a summary of the anthropological and archaeological materials from cemeteries investigated on the Lower Kuban River. The author concludes that a multiethnic population emerged there in the 13th—14th cc. AD. Its core... more
Thus formulated, the research topic is not unknown, nor has its course remained aloof from the studies of a number of prominent scholars still in the initial stage of development of
The book re-examines the history of the Carpathian-Danubian region during the eighth and ninth centuries. Thus, the central task is providing an overview of the historical realities to the north of the Lower Danube over two centuries.... more
Paper discuses spelling of names in Runiform script in Early Medieval Bulgaria. It appears that was widespread practice to spell names with 2 or 3 graphs. Particular attention is payed to a monogram beаring наме of Bulgarian ruler Rasate.
Conference at the University of Tübingen compares the Viking migrations to other migrations taking place at the same period.
Time and circumstances of formation of Itil Bulgaria. Islamization of the Bulgarian society and transformation of Islam into Itil Bulgaria state religion.
Zufar Zainievich Miftakhov
Zufar Zainievich Miftakhov
In the paper is presented an interpretation of a runiform inscription- ligature from Greek codex Roe 27. The content of the inscription shows symbiosis between shamanic and Christian views.
The paper features the first general description in the Russian language of two necropolises located in Campochiaro (Campobasso, Italy) - Vicenne and Morrione, dating back to the period from the last third of the 7th - the beginning of... more
Aleksei S. Shchavelev. The Rurikid’s Polity and Krumid’s Polity: The Circumstances of Emergence and the Trajectory of Development in the Pagan Age Abstract. The article deals with the history of the formation of the pagan polities of the... more
This is the Hungarian translation of "Religions in Pagan Bulgaria: Historiographic Approaches, 1980 - 2015", which was originally published in Bulgarian (Sofia: Paradigma, 2017).
Author deals with the first twenty years of long Justinian’s reign. After he made peace with Persians and crushed domestic opposition, the young emperor focused on strengthening the Empire. He improved defence of Danube frontiers by... more
The paper analyzes the evidence on the relations between the Franks and Bulgars and about the presence of the Bulgars in southern Pannonia, i.e. in the region between the rivers Drava, Sava and Danube in the ninth century. The principal... more