Hello
everyone,
This
is my first post, so sorry for any slips ,
As far
as my knowledge of the Khazar Caganate (not Khanate, definitely) lasts, the
Khazars were a people akin to the Mongols. They established a powerful state
around the 8th century in the North Caucasus and lower Volga. However, the
country was subject to an influx of Jews due to its strategic position, and
finally the state authority passed to the Jews.
The
"original" Khazars couldn't possibly become Judaists, since Judaism is not a
proselitic religion (you can't become a Jew unless you're the child of a
Jewess).
The
power of the state passed to the offspring of Jewesses and Khazar nobility, and
the hereder Khazars lost all rights. The Caganate was crushed by the Kiev
princes only in the beginning of the 10th century.
Regards,
Pavel
Interesting from a Biblical mythology point of view.
Strange how the
"kurgan fact" parallels "medieval myth". In modern
times, Arthur
Koestler also tried similarly to connect Ashkenazi Jews to
the
medieval Jewish Khazar Khanate.
Tried to connect? It's my
understanding that the Khazarian influx, mixing with Sephardim originating
from the west, has been proven by genetic testing. The Khazars, from my
reading, were quite fair.