Viking Şehri Birka ve Hâkānü Rûs

Erman ŞAN

Makale detayları

Viking Şehri Birka ve Hâkānü Rûs

Yazarlar:

Erman ŞAN

Yayıncı:

Tekin Aycan TAŞCI

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Russian Studies 2020 Issue 4, pp.1-19

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2020

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000611237

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2757-7899

Özet:

 


In Ibn Rusta’s (d. after 301/913) work al-A‘lāk al-nafīsa, the ruler of the Russians is described as Hāqān of Rūs (خاقان رُوس). The exact equivalent of this definition is the “Kagan of the Russians”. As it’s known, kagan () is a title used especially by the Türks. If the hākān is a title rather than a personal name, use this title of Russians ruler should explain in a logic manner. Considering other information found in Medieval Islamic written sources, we can say that Hāqān of Rūs was the ruler of Birka in Sweden, the first city of the Viking Age. After its founding in the 8th century, the Viking city of Birka had flourished as an important political and commercial center from the mid-9th century. In Vita Anskarii, written in the 9th century, there are strong indications that Birka was ruled by kings at that time. These kings seem to have tried to eliminate the Khazars, who were the most important trading partners of the Russian merchants who went South. Because of the geography they controlled, the Khazars were the most important intermediaries in transporting the valuable products of northern countries such as Scandinavia to the Islamic and Eastern Roman lands in the South. In fact, as stated by medieval Islamic historians and geographers, almost all of the income of the Khazar Khaganate was due to the intermediaries they undertook in the trade in question. Viking city of Birka rulers or Hāqān of Rūs who want to put an end to this intermediaries must have presented themselves as a khaganate, just like the Khazars, in the eyes of Muslims and Eastern Roman Empire.

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Makale detayları

Viking Şehri Birka ve Hâkānü Rûs

Yazarlar: Erman ŞAN

Yayıncı: Tekin Aycan TAŞCI

Ana Başlıklar: Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Russian Studies 2020 Issue 4, pp.1-19

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2020

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000611237

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2757-7899

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Erman ŞAN

Yayıncı:

Tekin Aycan TAŞCI

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Russian Studies 2020 Issue 4, pp.1-19

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2020

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000611237

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2757-7899