Sandilch

Sandilch (Σάνδιλ, Σάνδιλχος; Turkic "boat) was a chieftain of the Utigurs in the 6th century.^[1][2] The origin of the name is probably Turkic.^[3][4] Although he initially protested against leading the Utigurs into war against a related people, the Kutrigurs, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527–565) convinced him to do so through diplomatic persuasion and bribery.^[5][6] The Utigurs led by Sandilch attacked the Kutrigurs, who suffered great losses.^[5][6]

Sandilch's own words:

"It is neither fair nor decent to exterminate our tribesmen (the Kutrigurs), who not only speak a language, identical to ours, who are our neighbours and have the same dressing and manners of life, but who are also our relatives, even though subjected to other lords".^[7]

After decimating each other, the remnant of Zabergan's and Sandilch's Bulgars acquired Dacia during the reign of Emperor Maurice.

Honours

Sandilh Point in Antarctica is named after Sandilch.

See also

• Utigurs
• Kutrigurs

References

1. Kim, Hyun Jin (2013-04-18). The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-00906-6.
2. Jenkins, Romilly James Heald; America, Medieval Academy of (1987-01-01). Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries, AD 610-1071. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-6667-1.
3. Maenchen-Helfen, Otto J. (1973). "Chapter IX. Language: 6. Turkish names". The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture. University of California Press. p. 412. ISBN 9780520015968.
4. Agathias (1975). The Histories. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-003357-1.
5. Golden 1992, p. 99–100.
6. Golden 2011, p. 140.
7. D. Dimitrov (1987). "Bulgars, Unogundurs, Onogurs, Utigurs, Kutrigurs". Prabylgarite po severnoto i zapadnoto Chernomorie. Varna. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Bibliography

• Golden, Peter Benjamin (1992). An introduction to the History of the Turkic peoples: ethnogenesis and state formation in medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. ISBN 9783447032742.
• Golden, Peter B. (2011). Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes. Editura Academiei Române; Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei. ISBN 9789732721520.