Khvalisy Explained

The Khvalisy were a tribe mentioned in old Russian chronicles by Nestor.

Polish historian conjectured that Khvalisy referred to the same people called "Khalyzians" by the Byzantine chroniclers.^[1]

Other scholars believe that "Khvalisy" refers to Khazaran, the twin city of Atil, (the capital of the Khazar Khaganate) and that the term derives from the Khwarazmians who formed a part of the Khazar army (see Arsiyah).

See also

• Khvalynsk - a Russian town whose name may derive from the same root

References

• Karpov, A. J.: "Genealogija chvalisov i bolgar v letopisnoj stat'e 1096 g." Archiv russkoj istorii. Vypusk 4, 1994. - 7-26
• Omeljan Pritsak, "An Arabic Text on the Trade Route of the Corporation of Ar-Rus in the Second Half of the Ninth Century," Folia Orientalia 12 (1970): 257).

Notes and References

1. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=343&letter=C&search=Chalyzians 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia