Suar Principality

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Suar or Suvar principality was a medieval statelet subject to Volga Bulgaria.

[edit] History

The principality appeared around the 940s CE. The population was a mix of Turkic Suars and local Turkic and Finno-Ugric speaking tribes such as the Mari. The capital was city of Suar. The ruler of Suar went by the title "Bäk" (cf. Khazar "Bek"; Turkish "Beg".)

In 975 the Suar Duchy was absorbed by Volga Bulgaria. From the 11th-13th century it became a semi-autonomous province of Volga Bulgaria, until the conquest of that state by the Mongols.

[edit] List of Known Rulers

• Ghabdulla bine Miqail (Abd'ullah ibn Miqa'il)
• Talib bine Axmad (Talib ibn Ahmad)
• Mo'min bine Axmad (Mu'min ibn Ahmad)

[edit] Bibliography

(Tatar) "Suar bäklege". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.