Bulgars

E120221

Turkic people historical ethnic group

The Bulgars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who migrated into southeastern Europe in the early Middle Ages and played a central role in founding the First Bulgarian Empire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bulgars canonical	11
Volga Bulgars	10
Danube Bulgars	1
Proto-Bulgars	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people ⓘ historical ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Pliska–Preslav culture ⓘ
associatedRuler	Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: Khan Asparuh Khan Krum ⓘ Khan Kubrat ⓘ Khan Omurtag ⓘ
burialCustom	kurgan-type burials ⓘ
capitalCity	Pliska ⓘ
christianizationUnder	Boris I of Bulgaria ⓘ
conflictWith	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
eliteStratum	Turkic-speaking warrior aristocracy ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Central Asia ⓘ
ethnogenesisContribution	formation of the Bulgarian people ⓘ
foundedState	First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ Volga Bulgaria historical area ⓘ surface form: Volga Bulgaria
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ
languageShift	abandoned Bulgar language ⓘ adopted Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
laterCapitalCity	Preslav ⓘ
laterReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
laterWritingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ surface form: Cyrillic alphabet (via Christianization) Glagolitic script ⓘ surface form: Glagolitic alphabet (via Christianization)
legacy	ethnonym of Bulgarians ⓘ name of the modern state of Bulgaria ⓘ
linguisticAffiliation	Oghuric branch of Turkic languages ⓘ
mergedWith	Slavic populations in the Balkans ⓘ Thracian remnants ⓘ
migratedAcross	Danube ⓘ surface form: Danube River
migrationDestination	southeastern Europe ⓘ
militaryReputation	steppe cavalry warfare ⓘ
neighboringEntity	Avar Khaganate ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
originalHomeland	Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ north of the Black Sea ⓘ
playedCentralRoleIn	foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
politicalOrganization	semi-nomadic tribal confederation ⓘ
politicalTitle	khan ⓘ knyaz ⓘ tsar ⓘ
primaryReligion	Tengrism ⓘ
socialStructure	clan-based society ⓘ
subjectOfDebate	extent of Turkic vs Iranian elements ⓘ
treatyPartner	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
writingSystem	runiform or tamga-like signs ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Bulgarian Empire → namedAfter → Bulgars ⓘ

First Bulgarian Empire → ethnicGroup → Bulgars ⓘ

Bulgarians → ethnogenesisInfluence → Bulgars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Bulgars

Kyivan Rus → tradedWith → Bulgars ⓘ