Old Great Bulgar Khanate

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Old Great Bulgar Khanate was a 7th-century nomadic Bulgar state in the Pontic–Caspian steppe that served as an important precursor to both the Volga Bulgar and First Bulgarian Empires.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bulgar Khanate 1
Great Bulgaria 1
Old Great Bulgar Khanate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bulgar state
historical state
nomadic polity
alternativeName Great Bulgaria
Old Great Bulgaria
Onogur Bulgaria
borderedBy Byzantine Empire
Khazar Khaganate
capital Phanagoria
causeOfDissolution Khazar expansion
chronologyNote existed mainly in the 7th century
culture steppe nomad culture
dissolvedBy Khazar Khaganate
economy pastoral nomadism
ethnicGroup Bulgars
ethnoGeneticRole precursor of Danubian Bulgars
precursor of Volga Bulgars
followedBy First Bulgarian Empire
Volga Bulgaria
foundedBy Khan Kubrat
governmentType khanate
hasLeader Batbayan
Khan Kubrat
historicalRegion Azov Sea region
linked to: Sea of Azov region

Black Sea steppe
inception 7th century
influenced formation of First Bulgarian Empire
formation of Volga Bulgaria
language Bulgar language
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
locatedIn Eurasian steppe
Pontic–Caspian steppe
locatedInPresentDay Moldova
Russia
Ukraine
mentionedIn Byzantine chronicles
militaryType cavalry-based army
notableTribe Onogur Bulgars
partOf early medieval Eurasian steppe polities
politicalStructure tribal confederation
precededBy Onogur tribal union
religion Tengrism
rulingTitle khan
significantEvent death of Khan Kubrat
successorPolity Danubian Bulgaria
Volga Bulgar state
timePeriod Early Middle Ages

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Referenced by (3)

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Old Great Bulgaria alsoKnownAs Old Great Bulgar Khanate
Old Great Bulgar Khanate alternativeName Great Bulgaria
linked to: Old Great Bulgar Khanate
Balkan–Asia Minor theater opposedForces Bulgar Khanate
linked to: Old Great Bulgar Khanate