North Caucasian Huns
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The North Caucasian Huns were a branch of the Huns that established a polity in Daghestan in the 500s and 600s CE. The North Caucasian Huns probably incorporated numerous indigenous Caucasian tribes following their settlement in the area.
In 535 or 537, an Armenian missionary team headed by the bishop Kardost baptized many among the North Caucasian Huns [1]. The Syriac source reporting this event also indicates that a writing system for Hunnic was developed.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Peter B. Golden, A introduction to the history of Turkic peoples, pp. 107
- ^ SiriJskie istocniki, pp.166-167; Artamonov, Ist. xazar, pp.92-94
