Almış

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Almış (Almas) iltäbär [ʌl`mɯʃ][1] (the end of 9th century – the beginning of 10th) was the first Muslim ruler (emir) of Volga Bulgaria.

Almas was a son of Şilki [2]. He was a ruler of one of Bulgarian duchies, probably, Bolghar Duchy, a vassal of Khazars. He struggled against Khazarian yoke and for unification of Bulgarian tribes and duchies. He sent ambassadors to Baghdad caliph. In 922 ambassadors of caliph al-Muqtadir appeared in Bolghar. Caliphate became an ally of Volga Bulgaria. Almas Islamized as Cäğfär bine Ğabdulla (Jaghfar ibn Abdallah).

During the reign of Almas, Volga Bulgaria finally developed to a united, strong and independent state.

Ibn Fadlan referred Almas as the king of Saqaliba.

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  1. ^ English spelling ul-MESH
  2. ^ ʃil`ki
  • (Tatar) "Almış/Алмыш". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.
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