Why did Hazare disappear?

The Khazar Kingdom is located on the banks of the Igil River and at the end of the Gorgan River. Many tribes live along the river, some living in villages and others in cities with strong walls. King Joseph lived in a delta region.

The Khazar state has three cities. One of them is the city where King Joseph was born, and the queen lives there; the other city is inhabited by Jews, Christians, and Spaniards; and the third city is the oval-shaped castle where the king lives, where the king's ministers and ministers also live. servants, and a large number of civilians.

The rainfall in Khazar is not abundant, but rivers crisscross the land, and there are springs everywhere. The soil is fertile and the products are abundant. Fields, vineyards, and gardens can be seen everywhere.

The above is the only information found so far that the Khazars tell the history of their country. This information comes from a letter written by the Khazar King Joseph to an Arab minister named Hassan Shafrut.

Historians have always doubted the authenticity of this letter until a letter written by the recipient Hassan Shafrout was discovered in Cairo in the 20th century. In the letter, Hassan asked the Byzantine emperor to give him a ship to travel to Khazar. At that time, Byzantium was at war with the Khazars. Someone wrote back to the minister from Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium, saying that it takes about 15 days to travel from Constantinople to the Kingdom of Khazars, and that he has to pass through many countries by land. He also told him that the surname of the King of Khazars is Joseph. After receiving the reply, Hassan probably sent a letter to King Joseph asking for the location of Khazar, so Joseph replied to Hassan a text message introducing the location and situation of the kingdom. And this has become the only accurate information available for research on the Khazar Kingdom.

In addition, the documentary materials of Russian, Armenian and other ethnic groups show that the Khazar country was once a very active country, with magnificent buildings, strong city walls, green trees and a pleasant climate. The Khazars were powerful militarily and had a large army that invaded Armenian territory. Georgians say that the Khazar king failed to marry the daughter of a Georgian grand duke and destroyed the city of Tbilisi with force. Arab chronicles say that various peoples from the Danube to the northern Urals paid tribute to Khazar, calling it a transit point for trade between Byzantium and China. The Russians had been fighting against the Khazars for a long time. In 965 AD, after fierce fighting, they captured Idil, the capital of the Khazars. Then they moved south from the Volga Delta along the Caspian Sea and headed straight for the city of Semendel in the Khazar Kingdom.

There is so little information about this powerful country that ruled the roost for a while that we still don’t know the exact location and size of the Khazar Kingdom. Where is this kingdom that dates back just over 1,000 years? Where is the Gurgan River mentioned in the King's letter? Is it a tributary of the Volga or some other river? Where does "Delta Region" refer to? These questions still have no answers.

The Khazars left no language and no ruins, so what kind of country is it? How did it disappear?

Some scholars speculate that the Khazar state was swallowed by the Caspian Sea. In the 7th century AD, the Khazar state owned a large area of ??fertile land. The Khazars controlled the Volga River channel and became the masters of the Volga Delta. But from this point on, the Caspian Sea began to hit the coast. Year after year, it mercilessly engulfed the Khazar villages, fields, orchards, and by the mid-19th century, the Khazar castle was finally swallowed by the Caspian Sea. Many sources provide evidence for the engulfment of Khazar.

However, there are still many doubts here. Khazar was gradually swallowed up by the Caspian Sea. In other words, its residents had sufficient opportunities to migrate. So, where did they move to? Where are their descendants? In addition, Khazar is a vast country, and there should always be ruins or ruins on the land, but so far no clues have been found in this regard. Byzantine chronicles indicate that the Khazar state of Sakael, located on the Don River on the road to Idil, was later destroyed by Kiev Grand Prince Svyatoslav. Later, Artamov, a former Soviet archeology professor, finally found the location of Kesar after repeated explorations and conducted excavations.

However, he found no artifacts from the Khazar people.

The history of Khazar is like a passing cloud, elusive.