Khinialon or Chinialon or Chinialus ( Greek: Χινιαλών; undetermined origin [1]) was chieftain of the Kutrigurs. In 551 he came from the "western side of the Maeotic Lake" to assist the Gepids at the war with Lombards with 12,000 Kutrigurs. [2] Later along with the Gepids they plundered the Byzantine lands. [2] However, Byzantine emperor Justinian I ( r. 527–565– ) through diplomatic persuasion and bribery dragged the Kutrigurs and Utigurs into mutual warfare. [3] [4] The Utigurs led by Sandilch attacked the Kutrigurs, who suffered great losses. [4]
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References
- ^ Maenchen-Helfen, Otto J. (1973). "Chapter IX. Language: 7. Names of undetermined origin". The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture. University of California Press. p. 417. ISBN 9780520015968.
- ^ a b Curta 2015, p. 76.
- ^ Golden 1992, p. 99–100.
- ^ a b Golden 2011, p. 140.
Sources
- Curta, Florin (2015). "Avar Blitzkrieg, Slavic and Bulgar raiders, and Roman special ops: mobile warriors in the 6th-century Balkans". In Zimonyi István; Osman Karatay (eds.). Eurasia in the Middle Ages. Studies in Honour of Peter B. Golden. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 69–89.
- 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.