IRANO-TURCICA: THE KHAZAR SACRAL KINGSHIP REVISITED

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" IRANO-TURCICA: THE KHAZAR SACRAL KINGSHIP REVISITED "
Peter B. Golden

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	811607
Doc. No	:	LA99281
Main Entry	:	Peter B. Golden
Title & Author	:	IRANO-TURCICA: THE KHAZAR SACRAL KINGSHIP REVISITED [Article]\ Peter B. Golden
Title of Periodical	:	Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Date	:	2007
Volume/ Issue Number	:	60-2
Page No	:	161--194
Abstract	:	The ruling house and core tribes of the Khazar empire did not share the same tribal or, in many instances, ethnic origins as those of the Qaǧanate's diverse subject population. The Khazar rulers were heirs of the Türk qaǧanal charisma. Although aspects of sacral rule and dual kingship can be seen in the Türk and other Inner Asian nomad-based empires, it was only in Khazaria that the Qaǧan became a sacralised, tabuised figure. This transformation occurred in the 9th century and may reflect the influence of the Ors, the Khwârazmian-Iranian guard of the Qaǧan and the chief minister drawn from their ranks.