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Revision as of 19:01, 17 November 2015 by 78.159.147.70 (talk) (Per talk and reliable sources.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Zabergan (Ζαβεργάν; Persian) was chieftain of the Kutrigurs. 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Curta 2015, p. 77.
- Golden 2011, p. 107.
- 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Golden, Peter B. (2011). Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes. Editura Academiei Române; Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei. ISBN 9789732721520.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Curta, Florin (2015). "Avar Blitzkrieg, Slavic and Bulgar raiders, and Roman special ops: mobile warriors in the 6th-century Balkans". In Zimonyi István; Osman Karatay (eds.). Eurasia in the Middle Ages. Studies in Honour of Peter B. Golden. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 69–89.
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