The population of the Hazarecato Catanata was, as we saw, the most diverse. "Here people of all nationalities collided: both religions and lived there permanently; forming a majority of the people of the Torods. Among them there were a lot of Jews. In the Crimea, Jews settled 'a long time ago, even in the first' years of Christianity in Kerch (another Panticatsev) there was a Jewish synagogue) and in the UP century there was a 'Jewish 'community' here." A special influx of this people begins in the UP. Art., the cauldron of us was raised strongly: persecution in all regions of the Byzantine Empire: 910 'repeated later in the 10th century 5). In the first half of the UPT column, the Khazar government was forced for political reasons to convert to Islam, but, as can be seen, this conversion was purely external, because almost at the same time, under Katana Bulan, the Jewish faith was accepted; although she approved it there. finally only in [X century. under Kaganv Ovadsh. Yuldaism, however, was not reproached by all the people, & only the Kagan, his court, ‘the highest: the class and nothing more; maybe a small part of the people 5). The rest of the essentially Hazara population professed Islam or Christian religions, or continued to adhere to paganism. Both Christianity and Islam, ‘of course, could spread into the “Khazars’ heaven,” thanks.
t) Khvolzon, pp. 17 and 68
2) 0'Ozzop. №ez reir]ez @i Sapsaze, r. 33.
*) Brun. Black Sea region.. Ch.P, p. 310; Sarkavi. Tales of Jewish writers about the Khazars, p. 142.
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8) Dory. Izvfstya Tabari. J. M. N. Pr. 'I. HI, Dept.; P, p. 88; letter of Kagan Tosif to Rabbi Hasdai in Spain at Khvolzon, Izvestia Ibn-Dast, p. 57; see also Grigorieva, “Essay on the political history of the Khazars” in =
“Russia and Asia”, p. 58, note. 41.
namely, constant ties with Muslim and Christian countries, both commercial and political: About the spread of Islam among the masses of the Khazarek people, it was said in HE et. that soon after the higher Khazar classes of Judaism adopted the Khazars, the Turks attacked the Khazars, and when the Stephen Hazartya turned to Central Asia for help, the Khovaresians agreed to help them on condition accepting 'Islam; Once the help was provided, the people, with the exception of Katana, became Muslims 1). Distinguished by great adult tolerance and respect for all religions, the Khazar government, apparently, was besieged on both sides by adherents of different religions and allowed disputes between them 2). That's not enough. It was obviously interested in the question: what is the truth? This explains the sending of ambassadors from the Khazars to the Byzantine emperor with a request to bring together people who were willing to join the Muslim and Jewish preachers. St. was sent there. Kirill. ‘Having stopped for some time in Chersonesus, he studied the Khazar language and crossed the Sea of Azov to the Khazars. Here there were conflicts between the propagandists of the three religions, the result of which was the baptism of up to 200 people, and the Hazarakato government allowed anyone to be baptized by the Vefi 3).
Hardly in any other state on the globe did a more original political system exist, such as in the Khazarsh. At the head of the Khazar Khaganate was the Khagan (Khakan), whose power was hereditary." The families to which the katans belonged "did not enjoy either strength or wealth; If the direct 'line' of the dynasty was interrupted, then the closest relative became the katan, even though before this case he was the most common person in the world 5). unlimited power; 060ba was considered sacred. ‘When Katan left his palace, that. It happened very rarely that his guard would be seen a mile in front of him; All those who met us on the way fell on their faces and did not eat
:) 0'Ozzop. Gez reir]ez da Sapsase; r. 203.
2) Proceedings of Al-Rekri, ed. Kunick and Rosen, p. 61.
3) Kirillo: Meeodevsy Collection. M. 1865, pp. 15-11.
*) See the list of kagans in the letter of Gosif; Here is a link to its publication in Readers Moskovsk, General, Ist. and others Ross. 1841 No. 6, rtd. Sh, page 6. — The title Khakan was used among the Turkic peoples. Zotsgpa] azaidae 1865. v. 5, zege UG. Ge Puge @ez gopyez her @ez rgoushsez. rag. Bi-KVogdaaev, ria|. rag. V. 4e.Meupata, p, 256.
5) Grigoriev. “Rossya and Aya”, pp. 70-11.