North Caucasian Huns

The Khuni, Huni or Chuni were a people of the

of the Khuni are unclear.

The first contemporaneous reference to the Khuni may be by

.

According to Agathangelos, there were Huns living among the peoples of the Caucasus in 227.

In 535 or 537, an Armenian missionary team headed by the bishop Kardost baptized many of the North Caucasian Huns.^[1] The Syriac source reporting this event also indicates that a writing system for Hunnic was developed.^[2]

Huns are said to have established a

.

In 682

.

Little is known about their fate after the early 8th century. It is likely that they became incorporated into the

. However, it is likely that they survived in some form or another for several centuries, possibly even until the 11th century.

Some modern Kumyk authors consider Caucasian Huns to be their ancestors; they also refer to their early medieval polity as Djidan (for reasons unknown).^[3]

See also

• Sabir people

References