Dengizich
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Dengizich (spelled Δεγγιζίχ in Priscus' account) (died 468[1] or 469[2]) ruler of the Akatziroi was a son of Attila the Hun. The word "Dengizich" means little sea in old Turkic (*Däŋiziq)[3]. This is also said to be the root of the name Ghengis.
Some time during his reign, the Unogurs (Onogurs) first crossed the river Volga (according to Zacharias Rhetor)[4]. Priscus is clearer saying that in 463AD a mixed Saragur, Urog and Unogur embassy asked Byzantium for an alliance having been dislodged by the Avars' drive towards the west[5].
| Preceded by Karadach Ellac |
Hunnic Ruler 458–469 |
Succeeded by Ernakh |
[edit] References
- ^ Hun 0dateline En
- ^ Helmolt, Hans Ferdinand: The World's History: A Survey of Man's Record, page 328. W. Heinemann, 1907 (via:Google Book Search)
- ^ Otto Maenchen-Helfen The World of the Huns
- ^ The Syrian compilation of Church Historian Zacharias Rhetor bishop of Mytilene
- ^ Priscus. Excerpta de legationibus. Ed. S. de Boor. Berolini, 1903, p. 586
Dengizich - Turkish "Deniz(Sea)Dengiz + zich is cik(small, little) = Denizcik - Dengizich
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