@article{MDE2D4F1D,
title = "Ellac and Ilek: What Does the Study of an Ancient Turkic Title in Eurasia Contribute to the Discussion of Khazar Ancestry?",
journal = "Acta Via Serica",
year = "2017",
issn = "2508-5824",
doi = "10.22679/AVS.2017.2.2.113",
author = "Farda Asadov",
keywords = "Khazar, Akatsir-Huns, Turkic tribes, Central Asia",
abstract = "Several theories about the ancestry of the Khazars and the origins of the Khazar state have been suggested to date. None of them provides a comprehensive solution for the controversial data of the written sources on the early history of the Khazars. This article investigates a possible link between the title of Kagan-Bek of the Deputy Kagan of the Khazars and a similar title Ellac/Ilek of the Akatsir-Huns. This study of the title argues for statehood and political culture connections between the earliest Turkic tribes of Western Eurasia and the Khazars and Turks of Central Asia."
}