Parsbit may have been a female military commander of these people, whose military was traditionally led by a Bek, assisted by tarkhans.
Parsbit may have been a female military commander of these people, whose military was traditionally led by a Bek, assisted by tarkhans. Other leaders include Irbis, who may not have existed, and Bulan or Sabriel. Their leader Barjik defeated the Umayyads in 730, while both Justinian II and Constantine V married princesses of this people. Severely weakened by the Kabar rebellion and the departure of the Magyars, their cities included their capital of Itil and the fortress of Sarkel, built with Byzantine assistance on the Don River. Though they enjoyed a revival under Joseph and Aaron II, they were eventually destroyed by Svyatoslav of Kiev. FTP, name this Turkic people on the lower Volga, perhaps most famous for converting to Judaism.
Parsbit may have been a female military commander of these people, whose military was traditionally led by a Bek, assisted by tarkhans.
{Khazars}