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Şilki
Şilki (pronounced ) or Šilki or Shilki, or possibly Jilki (posthumously Islamized as ˁAbdallāh; mid 9th - beginning of the 10th century) was a Volga Bulghar ruler (iltäbär). According to the controversial ''History of Jaˁfar'', Şilki was a descendant of Batbayan, the eldest son of Kubrat of "Old Great Bulgaria" (see genealogy below). This is possibly but not necessarily contradicted by the general assumption that Volga Bulgaria was established by another of Kubrat's sons, Kotrag. Şilki is credited with promoting the unification of the Bulghar tribes in the area, but the events of his reign are obscure or unverifiable. He is sometimes assumed to have initiated the conversion of the Volga Bulghars to Islam. His son Almış, the most famous Volga Bulghar ruler, was definitely a Muslim, and received a caliphal embassy led by Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān. Almış was given the new Muslim name Jaˁfar ibn ˁAbdallāh (i.e., Jaˁfar, son of ˁAbdallāh), which in turn has led to the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almış
Almış or Almuš (Almysh Elteber, Almish Yiltawar, ar, ألمش بن يلطوار, , ), iltäbär of the Volga Bulgars, is believed to have been the first Muslim ruler (emir) of Volga Bulgaria. Almış was a son of Şilki (). He ruled the Volga Bulgars, probably from Bolghar, in c. 895-925. According to the controversial ''History of Jaˁfar'', Almış was a younger son of Şilki, and had succeeded his older brother Bat Ugïr as ruler. The same text identifies Almış with Álmos, the father of the Hungarian prince Árpád; this is perhaps unlikely despite the close correspondence of the names and the approximate synchronicity, although the Bulgars and Hungarians are believed to have shared some common Hunnic and/or Turkic elements in their origins. Initially a vassal of the Khazars, Almış struggled to assert the independence and unity of the Bulgar tribes in the area. Perhaps in part to do so more effectively, he sought to convert to Islam and sent ambassadors to the Abbas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |