Treasures from Malaja Pereshchepina, Nagyszentmiklos, etc.
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The Khazars and the Caspian sea level changes by N. Gumilev
The Langobards and the 'Vulgares' in Historia Langobardorum by O. Maenchen-Helfen (an excerpt)
Bulgars of Alzec in Lombardy, HISTORIA LANGOBARDORUM by N. Christie
VULGARUM DUX ALZECO by E. Hersak
Kubrat by V. Beshevliev (text in Bulgarian)
Pictures from the VII-IXth cc. capitals Pliska, Preslav (text in Bulgarian)
Threasures of the Ochrid Archbishopric
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Èáí-Ôàäëàí, Ïúòåøåñòâèå äî Âîëæñêà Áúëãàðèÿ 921-922
(Ibn-Fadlan, Travel to Volga Bulgaria, 921-922 AD. - Translation from Arabic)
------->> An excerpt in English: Risala: Ibn Fadlan's Account of the Rus
------->> in Russian: Ibn Fadlan: «Zapiska» o puteshestviii na Volgu..
Íàáëþäåíèÿ íà Ïåòúð Äîáðåâ âúðõó ‘Ïúòóâàíèÿ...’ íà Èáí ÔàäëàíOn the name and the title of the rulers of Volga Bulgaria by R. Fahrutdinov (in Russian)
(Kindly provided by Mr. Vladimir Belyaev and Mr. Arcady Molchanov)Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians by V. Beshevliev (in Bulgarian)
(Kindly provided by Mr. Vladimir Belyaev and Mr. Arcady Molchanov)On the Prototype of the Proto-Bulgarian Temples at Pliska, Preslav and Madara by B. Brentjes
Central Asian Buddhist parallels of the Proto-Bulgarian pagan temples from NE BulgariaConstantine Porphyrogenitus and the Bulgarians by G. Litavrin (in Russian)
Examples of the early Bulgar constume
IRANICA PROTOBULGARICA: Asparuch und Konsorten im Lichte der Iranischen Onomastik by R.Schmitt (in German)
Altturkische Felszeichnungen in Nordost-Anatolien by H. Vary (in German)
The Bulgars in the Balkans and the Occupation of Corinth in the Seventh Century by K. Setton
On the Capture of Corinth by the Onogurs and Its Recapture by the Byzantines by P. Charanis
The 'Second Bulgarian Empire.' Its Origin and History to 1204 by R. Wolff
Proto-Bulgarian Epigraphic Monuments by V. Beshevliev
Sarmatian elements in the pagan necropolises of NE Bulgaria and N Dobrudzha by E. Angelova (in Bulgarian)
On the origin of the Proto-Bulgarians by R. Rashev (the original paper in Bulgarian)
Yazijioghlu 'Ali on the Christian Turks of the Dobruja by Paul Wittek
Asparukh of Iberia, excerpt from The Cambridge History of Iran, v. 3
Medieval towns and fortresses in Macedonia by I. Mikulchik (in Macedonian)
Paisius or Nicephorus: regarding the personal name and the titles of the founder of the First Bulgarian Kingdom by S. Iordanov (in Bulgarian)
Slavs, Turks and Indo-Iranians in the Early Middle Ages by S. Iordanov (in Bulgarian)
On the border guard organisation at the time on the First Bulgarian Kindgdom by S. Iordanov (in Bulgarian)
Pliska - 100 years of archaeological excavations by R. Rashev and Y. Dimitrov.
An overview of the archaeology of the old capital of the First Bulgarian kingdom. With many additional pictures taken from other books.Bulgarians and Romanians on the Lower Danube during the early Middle Ages (according to the archaeological data) by D. Ovcharov (translated in Russian)
The Bulgaro-Khazar border and the Bulgaro-Khazar emnity from the end of the VII till the mid-IX c. by G. Atanassov (translated in Russian)
The Barbarians in Justianian's Armies by J. Teall
Conceptions of Ethnicity in Early Medieval Studies by W. Pohl
The tribes of the Western Caucasus according to "Ashkharacujc" by V. Butba (in Russian, excerpts)
The Fihrist of al-Nadim, A Tenth-century survey of Muslim Culture (excerpts)
Al-Nadim mentions that the ‘Abbasid caliph al-Mam’un (786–833), son of Harud al-Rashid, wrote a more that 100 pages long "Answers to the Questions of the King of the Burghar Addressed to Him about Islam and the Unity (Theology) (pp. 36, 254, 400)The Slavs and the Avars by Omeljan Pritsak
Une inscription en langue proto-bulgare decouverte a Preslav by J. Deny
The Volga Tatars:
Origins - The Bulgar State - The Mongol Conquest - The Vaisov's Bulgar sect by A. RorlichDocumentary evidence about the Bulgars in the IV – VII cc. AD by V. Sirotenko (in Russian)
A short description of the Volga Bolgharic r-Turkic by Mr. Cluster User
Scholars and scientists from Volga Bulgaria by G. Davletshin (in Russian)
On the origin of the Volga Tatars by A. Smirnov (in Russian)
Great Volga Bulgaria by V. Iliev (in Bulgarian)
Brahmi, Estrangelo inscriptions from Volga Bulgaria (in Bulgarian)
Bulgaria of Kubrat, excerpts from G. Cenov (in Bulgarian)
kindly provided by Evelina TenevaThe runic epigraphy of the ancient Bulgars by I. Kyzlasov (in Russian)
The myths of ancient Volga, in Russian
Slavs, Scythia, etc.:
Iranian and Slavic languages. Relations throughout the history by D. Edel'man (in Russian)
An excerpt about the secondary "balkanisms" in the morphology, syntax of some Iranian l-sThe Evolution of Slavic Society and the Slavic Invasions in Greece. The First Major Slavic Attack on Thessaloniki, A. D. 597 by Speros Vryonis Jr.
Tamgas (functions of the symbol) by V. Ol'hovskij, 2001 (in Russian). With 9 figures of Sarmatian, Old Turkic, etc. tamgas.
About the Zoroastrianism among the Alans in the VII-IX cc. b y R. Rudnickij, 2001 (in Russian)
The time of the appearence of the Alans in Eastern Europe and their origin by A. Skripkin, 2001 (in Russian)
Istorija v osetinskom predanii by R. Bzarov (in Russian)
Description of the feudal relations, classes in Ossetia and of the institution of "nomilus" (second wife)The Name SLAV by B. Philip Lozinski
The genesis of the Balkan peoples by Vladimir Georgiev
The position of Albanian by Eric Hamp
"Old Scythia" and the Slavs by O. Trubachev (in Russian)
An excerpt about the etymology of "slovene" (Slav) and its connection with the tribal name "stavana" in Ptolemy.Temarundam "matres maris" by O. Trubachev (in Russian)
About the ancient names of the Black Sea, and about the Indo-Aryan, but not Iranian, language of the Sindo-Maeotian tribes of southern Scythia.The tribes of European Sarmatia in the II c. AD by A. Udal'cov (in Russian), with maps
The Outlines of Hungarian Prehistory by D. Sinor
Hudud al-'Alam, The Regions of the World, A Persian Geography, 372 A.H. - 982 A.D.
with commentaries of V. MinorskyThe Language of the Huns by O. Maenchen-Helfen
Chapter IX of his book, "The World of the Huns"Studies in the History and Language of the Sarmatians by J. Harmatta
Central Asia, etc.:
History of the Armenians, Moses Khorenats'i -
Commentary on the Literary Sources by R. ThomsonThe runic alphabets of Central Asia by I. Kyzlasov (in Russian)
About the formation of the Pamir-Fergana racial type by L. Jablonskij (in Russian)
The artificial skull deformation in Central Asia by T. Hodzhajov (in Russian)
Àrmenian sources on Central Asia, V-VII c. AD by L. Ter-Mkrtichjan (in Russian). With a MAP of Central Asia,VII c. AD by S. Eremjan
Central Asia in the Early Middle Ages, ed. G. Brykina. With maps.
About the titles of the Sogdian rulers by O. Smirnova (in Russian)
(Kindly provided by Mr. Vladimir Belyaev and Mr. Arcady Molchanov)The New Year festival "kalandas" among the Khorezmian Christians from the beginnig of the XI c. AD by S. Tolstov (in Russian)
Al-Biruni's description of the Khorezmian "kalandas" festival, which is similar to those of the Balkans, the north Pontus and the Caucasus;
Khazar-Khorezmian relations, Judean influences from Khorezm to KhazariaBactrian marriage contract of 343 AD, N. Sims-Williams (translated in Bulgarian)
The town of Balkh by Sh. Kamaliddinov (in Russian)
Historical geography of Southern Sogdiana and Northern Tokharistan according to Arab sources, IX-XIII cc. by Sh. Kamaliddinov (in Russian)
Documents epigraphiques kouchans by G. Fussman (in French)
The Dasht-e Nawur inscriptions from Afghanistan, written in three scripts: Bactrian-Greek, Kharosthi and an unknown script
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