Kutrigurs

The Kutrigurs were a Turkicnomadic equestrian tribe who flourished on the Pontic–Caspian steppe in the 6th century AD. To their east were the similar Utigurs; both may have been closely related to the Bulgars. The Kutrigeers warred with the Byzantine Empire and the Utigurs. Towards the end of the 6th century, they were absorbed by the Pannonian Avars under pressure from other Turkic groups.