البلغر
البلغر
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Overview
The Bulgars are a people at the far end of the lands of the Turks. Ibn al-Jawzi, in al-Muntazam, reports that Ali ibn Ishaq al-Khwarazmi was asked about them in the caliphal court in Baghdad in the year 433 AH, when a man of theirs came with fifty men intending the pilgrimage. 1
What was said of them
Al-Khwarazmi said that they were a people born from among the Turks and the Saqaliba, and that their lands were at the far end of the lands of the Turks. They had been unbelievers, then Islam appeared among them, and they follow the school of Abu Hanifa. 1
They have springs that run in rivers, their crops depend on rain, and they have hives of honey. He reports that the night among them becomes as short as six hours, and so is the day. 1
A second source is needed: the report rests on a single source, and the statement about the length of night and day is attributed to al-Khwarazmi.
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, j.8 p.109
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islam.museum contributors. “البلغر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/volga-bulgars/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.