TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ellac and Ilek: What Does the Study of an Ancient Turkic Title in Eurasia Contribute to the Discussion of Khazar Ancestry?
AU  - Asadov, Farda 
JO  - Acta Via Serica
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/1/1
DO  - 10.22679/AVS.2017.2.2.113
KW  - Khazar
KW  - Akatsir-Huns
KW  - Turkic tribes
KW  - Central Asia
AB  - 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.