Index
Aaron, Bulgarian Prince 82
Aaron, Jewish High Priest 88, 92
Aaron, Khazar ruler 86 n. 311, 93–96 and
n. 353, 210 n. 171
Abbasid Caliphate 152, 154
Abbasids 147, 149, 151, 155, 162
Abd Al-Rahman, Caliph of Cordoba 1
Abraham, Jewish Patriarch 42–43, 45, 88, 100
abshad, see shad
Abu Nasr Al-Qummi, Hasan ibn Ali 143
Abulja Khan, son of Nuh (Noah) 45
Aditi, Indian goddess, mother of the
gods 123 n. 503
Adonis, Phoenician god of fertility 105,
109–110
Afanas’ev, Gennadii 198, 238, 243 and n. 85,
246, 248, 253–254 and n. 136
Afghanistan 40
Afrasiab, Turan mythical hero 33, 45–46
and n. 123, 74–75, 278
Africa 41, 165
Agachkala settlement 85
Agrerat, brother of Afrasiab 75
Ahriman 110–111
Ahura Mazda 72, 74, 79, 110 and n. 431, 111
Aibabin, Aleksander 140 n. 70, 183 n. 58,
187 n. 72, 252, 257 n. 158, 264 n. 199
Aidar River 195, 197
Akaga, ruler of the Utigurs 81
Akatsirs 233 n. 36
Aksai River 205
Aksenov, Viktor 117, 119 n. 474, 203 n. 138,
218, 219 n. 223, 257 n. 158, 259 n. 170
Aktash River 205
Alania 30, 126, 145 and n. 94, 182 n. 56, 210,
221, 233, 237
Christianization 210 n. 171
Alans 20–22, 27–32, 117–118, 126, 129, 140, 144,
182 and n. 56, 183 and n. 57, 184–186 and
n. 71, 191–192, 210 and n. 171, 221, 247, 251,
256–257, 259 and n. 170, 260, 264, 266
Alan, son of Togarmah 42
Alardy, Ossetian deity 117
Albania/Albanians (Caucasian) 43–44 and
n. 112, 225, 245
Alekseevka hillfort 248
Alexander the Great 41
Alids 151, 155
Almish, Volga Bulgar ruler 86, 158, 232, 242
Almus (Almos), Magyar ruler 97 n. 363
Alp Ilitver, ruler of the Caucasian Huns 61
Alp Tarkhan, Khazar commander 61
Altai Mountains 23, 79, 220, 277
Ambroz, Anatolii 252
Amu Darya 31, 33, 45, 110, 150, 241 n. 75,
277–278
Angelova, Elena 182 n. 55
Anahita, Iranian goddess 76, 79, 101,
102 n. 388, 110 and n. 429, 111–112 and
n. 440, 115 and n. 456, 116–117, 125
ancestor-twins 120–121
Andrei-Aul hillfort 12, 186, 203 n. 141, 247
Ansa 52, 54, 60–61
Aphrodite, Greek goddess 109–110, 116–117
Api, Scythian goddess 103–104, 110, 113
Apollo, Greek god 77, 106
Arab Caliphate 1–2, 147–149, 151, 167,
179 n. 44, 221, 242
Arabian Peninsula 41
Arabs 47, 56, 61, 63, 90, 110, 118, 234
Aral Sea
Aral-Caspian Depression 193
Cis-Aral Region 30 n. 52, 33, 218
Ardvi River, see Amu Darya
Aredvi Sura Anahita, see Anahita
Armenia/Armenians 43 and n. 110, 44 n. 112,
61, 63, 81, 89, 141, 162
Armenian Geography 80, 95
Arpad, Magyar ruler 97 n. 363, 98
Arran, see Albania (Caucasian)
Arsacid dynasty 44 n. 112, 75
al-Arsiyah, see Khazar Larisiyah
Artamonov, Mikhail 2, 18, 26 and n. 41,
37–38 and n. 83, 48, 52, 55–56, 60,
63–64 and n. 205, 66–67, 75 n. 254, 91,
97–98, 129 and notes 10–11, 134–135, 144,
167, 181, 182 n. 56, 187, 189, 208,
210 n. 171, 211, 213–214 and n. 196, 218,
219 n. 222, 241, 244, 252 n. 128, 255–256
Artaxerxes II, Shahanshah of Persia 110 n. 431