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Revision as of 19:07, 17 November 2015 by 93.152.143.113 (talk) (Removed the edit of the vandal Crovata; the so called reliable sources are 2 against 17 - talk page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Zabergan (Ζαβεργάν) was chieftain of the Bulgar Kutrigur Huns about 550-560. Most probably the name Zabergan has Iranian origin. Either under pressure by incoming Avars, or in revolt against Byzantine Empire, in the winter of 558, he led a large Kutrigur army who crossed frozen Danube, and was divided into three sections; one raided south far as Thermopylae, while two others the Thracian Chersonesus and the periphery of Constantinople. On March 559 Zabergan attacked Constantinople, and one part of his forces consisted of 7000 horsemen.
The transit of such big distances in short period of time shows they were mounted warriors, and the Zabergan raiders were already encamped near the banks of the Danube. However, once again Emperor Justinian I (527–565) managed to persuade the Utigurs chieftain Sandilch to attack the Kutrigurs, which resulted with decimation of one another. It is unknown if is related to the general Zabergan who in 586 defended fortress Chlomaron against the Romans.
Honours
Zabergan Peak in Antarctica is named after Zabergan.
References
- "The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe", Hyun Jin Kim, p. 141, https://books.google.hr/books?id=jCpncXFzoFgC&q=utigurs#v=onepage&q=Kutrigurs&f=false
- "The Empire of the Steppes", René Grousset, page 79: " Other Hun clans survived north of the Black Sea in two hordes : the Kutrigur Huns, who led a nomadic life northwest of the of Azov and the Ututgur or Utrigur Huns, whose haunts were by the mouth of the Don." https://books.google.hr/books?id=CHzGvqRbV_IC&pg=PA79&dq=kutrigur&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBmoVChMIvfOPuuqTyQIVxQcsCh1bWwlR#v=onepage&q=kutrigur&f=false
- "The Byzantine Empire", Donald MacGillivray Nicol, King's College, University of London, http://history-world.org/Byzantines.htm
- ^ Maenchen-Helfen, Otto J. (1973). "Chapter IX. Language: 5. Iranian names". The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture. University of California Press. p. 392. ISBN 9780520015968.
- ^ Golden 1992, p. 100.
- ^ Golden 2011, p. 140.
- 10 "The Age of Justinian", J. A. S. Evans, " The Kutrigur Bulgars swept across the Danube again and threaten to take Constantinople. ...and in March, 559, a new khagan, Zabergan, leading a Kutrigur horde which included Slavs, took advantage of sub-zero weather to cross the frozen Danube." https://books.google.hr/books?id=uieCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT335&dq=kutrigur&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAmoVChMIvfOPuuqTyQIVxQcsCh1bWwlR#v=onepage&q=kutrigur&f=false
- "A history of the Balkans", Plamen S. T︠S︡vetkov, page 71: " According to Omeljan Pritsak, by 550 the Bulgarian state split into two realms : the Kutrigur realm on the west of the Azov Sea and the Utigur one to the East. ... Soon after that the Kutrigur kan Zavergan (550-560) made peace with Sandilkh and undertook in 558 a large scale attack on the East-Roman Empire. " https://books.google.hr/books?id=VR5pAAAAMAAJ&q=kutrigur&dq=kutrigur&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBTgUahUKEwi_m8Cm9JPJAhUEwxQKHZq8Ccs
- ^ Curta 2015, p. 77.
- The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1991, "The major invasion came in 559, when the Kutrigur Bulgars, accompanied by Sclaveni, crossed the Danube and divided their force into three columns.", https://books.google.hr/books?id=boEoAQAAIAAJ&q=kutrigur&dq=kutrigur&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBjgUahUKEwi_m8Cm9JPJAhUEwxQKHZq8Ccs
- Golden 2011, p. 107.
- https://"The rocky peak rising to 700 m on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 7.06 km S of Chuypetlovo Knoll, 9.3 km W of Takev Point and 2.2 km NW of Varad Point. Surmounting Beaglehole Glacier to the NE and Friederichsen Glacier to the SW. British mapping in 1976. Named after the Bulgar ruler Zabergan (6th century).", https://data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137642
- Golden, Peter Benjamin (1992). An introduction to the History of the Turkic peoples: ethnogenesis and state formation in medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. ISBN 9783447032742.
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