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One of the nations in the Hunnish tribal confederacy. The Akatziroi were ruled by a king called Karadach
Karadach

Karadach was a warlord of the Akatziroi during the reign of Attila. A vassal of the Hunnish king, Karadach was courted by Roman Empire diplomats as a potential ally against the Huns, but to no avail....
 or Karidachus, and appear in the account of Priscus
Priscus

Priscus was from Panium living in the Roman Empire during the 5th century. He was a diplomat, sophist and historian. He accompanied Maximin, the ambassador of Theodosius II, to the court of Attila the Hun in 448....
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Some scholars have speculated that the Akatziroi were in fact early Khazars
Khazars

The Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who dominated the Pontic steppe and the North Caucasus from the 7th to the 10th century CE. The name 'Khazar' seems to be tied to a Turkic languages verb form meaning "wandering"....
, hypothesizing that their name derives from the Turkic "Ak-Khazar", or "White Khazar", the name of the group of tribes composing the warrior aristocracy
Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a form of government, in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. This may be a hereditary elite, or it may be by a system of cooption where a council of prominent citizens add leading soldiers, merchants, land owners, priests, and lawyers to their number....
 of the Khazar nation.






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One of the nations in the Hunnish tribal confederacy. The Akatziroi were ruled by a king called Karadach
Karadach

Karadach was a warlord of the Akatziroi during the reign of Attila. A vassal of the Hunnish king, Karadach was courted by Roman Empire diplomats as a potential ally against the Huns, but to no avail....
 or Karidachus, and appear in the account of Priscus
Priscus

Priscus was from Panium living in the Roman Empire during the 5th century. He was a diplomat, sophist and historian. He accompanied Maximin, the ambassador of Theodosius II, to the court of Attila the Hun in 448....
.

Some scholars have speculated that the Akatziroi were in fact early Khazars
Khazars

The Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who dominated the Pontic steppe and the North Caucasus from the 7th to the 10th century CE. The name 'Khazar' seems to be tied to a Turkic languages verb form meaning "wandering"....
, hypothesizing that their name derives from the Turkic "Ak-Khazar", or "White Khazar", the name of the group of tribes composing the warrior aristocracy
Aristocracy

Aristocracy is a form of government, in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. This may be a hereditary elite, or it may be by a system of cooption where a council of prominent citizens add leading soldiers, merchants, land owners, priests, and lawyers to their number....
 of the Khazar nation. Alternatively, some have suggested that the name refers to the Thraco-Dacian tribe of the Agathyrsi
Agathyrsi

Agathyrsi were a people of Scythian, Thracians, or mixed Thraco-Scythic origin, who in the time of Herodotus occupied the plain of the Maris , in the region now known as Transylvania....
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