Ishad Explained

Ishad was an Old Turkic word used to designate the highest-ranking Göktürk generals (e.g., Buri-sad). It is also used in some Arabic sources to describe the Khagan Bek of the Khazars. Brook,[1] citing Golden,[2] proposes that Ishad is a variant of Shad, a Turkic title of Iranian origin.

Notes

  1. Book: Brook . Kevin A. . The Jews of Khazaria . 3rd . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . 2018 . 261.
  2. Book: Golden . Peter B. . Khazar Studies: An Historio-Philological Inquiry into the Origins of the Khazars . Akadémiai Kiadó . 1980 . 1 . 208.

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