Ishad
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Ishad was an Old Turkic word used to designate the highest-ranking Göktürk generals (e.g., Buri-sad
). It is also used in some Arabic sources to describe the Khagan Bek
of the Khazars
.
Buri-sad
Böri Shad was a title of an appointed head of province-type principality in the most-western N. Caucasus periphery of the Western Turkic Kaganate. Within the lateral succession order of the kaganate, members of the ruling clan were successively given possessions in accordance with their rank in...
). It is also used in some Arabic sources to describe the Khagan Bek
Khagan Bek
-History:Khazar kingship was divided between the khagan and the Bek or Khagan Bek. Contemporary Arab historians related that the Khagan was purely a spiritual ruler or figurehead with limited powers, while the Bek was responsible for administration and military affairs.In the Khazar Correspondence,...
of the Khazars
Khazars
The Khazars were semi-nomadic Turkic people who established one of the largest polities of medieval Eurasia, with the capital of Atil and territory comprising much of modern-day European Russia, western Kazakhstan, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, large portions of the northern Caucasus , parts of...
.