Index 319
Birka 14, 148–149, 169 n. 90
Al-Biruni, Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn
Ahmad 45, 64, 75, 241 n. 75
Bishkent valley 31
Bititsa hillfort 8–9, 14, 16, 173, 187, 188 n. 80,
190 n. 87, 200
Bitola Inscription 227
Black Sea/Northern Black Sea region 4–5,
31–32, 109, 129, 132, 144, 146, 152, 154,
161–162, 172, 185 and n. 65, 196 n. 106,
245, 252, 276
Boariks, ruler of the Sabirs 81
Bochkov, Plamen 83, 124–125
Bolesław I, Polish Prince 265 n. 205
Bolgar 14, 16, 150, 154, 156–159 and n. 44,
163 n. 63, 164 n. 65, 262–263
Bolgar, brother of Khazar 38–40
Bon, Tibetan religion 19, 111
Book on the Appearance of the Earth, see
Al-Khwarizmi
Book of Roads and Kingdoms, see Al-Istakhri
Book of Roads and Kingdoms, see Ibn
Khordadbeh
Boris, Bulgarian Prince 70
Borisovo necropolis 12, 173 and n. 13
Borova River 197
Borshevo culture 9, 14, 16, 173, 200
Borysthenes River (Dnieper) 104
Bosporan Kingdom 109, 120 n. 479, 126
Bosporus 10–14, 137, 140 n. 70, 162, 169, 204,
232
bow and arrows 124 and n. 511
Bozhilov, Ivan 115 n. 455, 228, 232 n. 34
Braudel, Fernand 276
Bubenok, Oleg 27–28, 55, 64, 201 n. 129,
241 n. 75, 254 and n. 136, 260 n. 179
Bug River 188, 190, 201 n. 129
Bukhara 15, 29 and n. 51, 31, 33, 35, 75, 78,
150, 248, 250
Bukhara, Emirate of 251
Bulan, Khazar ruler 43, 48 and n. 132, 55–56,
58, 89 and n. 328, 90–94, 96
Bulgaria
adoption of Islam 150, 156–158
Black 127, 136, 144 n.87, 145 and n. 94,
229 n. 25, 260–261
conversion to Christianity 161
Danube 62, 67–68, 76 n. 260, 78–80, 82,
122, 126, 133 n. 28, 138, 151, 157, 159 n. 44,
163 n. 63, 173 n. 13, 187 n. 75, 197 n. 110,
198 n. 118, 202 n. 136, 221, 226–227 and
n. 18, 243, 247–249, 251, 254, 264–266
and n. 208, 267, 279–280
Great 118–119, 189–190 and n. 87, 191, 226,
276, 281
Volga 6, 126, 150–152, 154 and n. 21,
163–164, 170, 221, 226, 233, 237, 246–247,
262–263, 266–267
Bulgarian Apocryphal Chronicle 122–123
Bulgarians 115 n. 455, 141–143, 227 and n. 18
Proto-Bulgarians, see Bulgars
Bulgars 20–21, 24–29, 36–40, 52, 57, 76,
221, 227–229 and n. 25, 249, 255,
264–265, 275–276, 279, see also Burjan
Aspharukh’s Bulgars 39, 143 n. 85, 183
n. 58, 189, 228 and n. 21, 229–230, 281,
see also Unogundurs
Black Bulgars 127, 132, 136–140, 142, 144,
260 n. 179, 261, 263
Bulgars in Asia Minor 138, 141 n. 75
Bulgars in Caucasus 210, 245, 257–258
Bulgars in Crimea 5, 140 and n. 70, 145,
183–184, 189, 256–257 and n. 158
Bulgars in Don Region 258–259 and
n. 170, 260–261
Inner Bulgars 137 and n. 53, 139, 142–144,
262–263
Volga Bulgars 150, 157–159 and n. 43, 164,
168–169, 228, 262–263, 265 n. 203, 266
n. 208
Bulgar, son of Togarmah 41–42, 228
bull 74, 76 n. 260, 77–79, 105,123 n. 503
Burchevichi, Cuman tribe 139
burials
Alan 28, 32, 199 n. 123, 182 n. 55, 254, 257
Bulgar 27, 30 and n. 55, 36 n. 73, 117,
189 n. 84, 199 n. 123, 253–255, 257 and
n. 158, 258
catacomb 28, 32 and n. 62, 251–252
cremation 28, 253 n. 129, 258
dual ritualism necropoles 173 n. 13
Khazar 32 n. 62, 40, 251–252 and n. 126,
253, 255
mound 251–253
pit 27–28, 30, 40, 36 n. 73, 38, 251, 253
Burjan 139, 141–144, 261
Burtas 16, 173, 222, 230 n. 26, 254 n. 136, 262
Buyids 87