Dengizich

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Dengizich (died 468[1] or 469[2]) (spelled Δεγγιζίχ in Priscus' account) was a son of Attila the Hun. The word "Dengizich" means little sea in old Turkic (*Däŋiziq)[3]. This is also said to be the root of the name Ghengis and Danzig.

Some time during his reign, the Unogurs first crossed the river Volga (according to Zacharias Rhetor)[4]. Priscus is clearer saying that in 463AD a mixed Saragur, Urog and Unogur embassy asked Byzantium for an alliance having been dislodged by the Avars' drive towards the west[5].

Preceded by
Ellac		 Hunnic rulers
458–469		 Succeeded by
Ernakh

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hun 0dateline En
  2. ^ Helmolt, Hans Ferdinand: The World's History: A Survey of Man's Record, page 328. W. Heinemann, 1907 (via:Google Book Search)
  3. ^ Otto Maenchen-Helfen The World of the Huns
  4. ^ The Syrian compilation of Church Historian Zacharias Rhetor bishop of Mytilene
  5. ^ Priscus. Excerpta de legationibus. Ed. S. de Boor. Berolini, 1903, p. 586
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