KABARS AND KABARDA AS PART OF KHAZARIA
The problem of Kabars as a tribal association and the ruling clan of the Khazaria has given rise to a member of hypotheses about their origin and place in the ethnic history of the peoples of the North Caucasus. This publication supports and discusses, the hypothesis that it is a unit of the Circassian people known as Kabardians. It is also noted that in the Armenian geography, reﬂecting the situation of the ﬁrst half of the 7<sup>th</sup> century, Kabards appear as Khaburs or Khabars. It is emphasized, however, that Kabars are part of the ethnic group that is associated historically with Hutts, Kassites, perhaps, with Kasps. Special attention is paid to the relics of the Khazar period of Kabarda, deposited generally in the language and culture of the Kabardians, Circassians. Questions are raised about the Kabar uprising and joining a signiﬁcant part of the Kabar tribes to the Hungarians in 860<sup>th</sup> with their settlement in various regions north to the Caucasus mountains and their place in the political life of Khazaria and Alania.