Centuries later, when the EM34 Kasluchs were exiled by the Assyrians to Medea (Sauromatian Aluania), they named it Kush in memory of their Ethiopian homeland. Here they became known as Kazrugs or Kothrags from whom descended the EM34 Seljuks. In the 460sCE, they were the Sabirs forced by Avars to conquer the Onogr. The the Y-DNA J Pseudo Avars had conquered the Kothrigs by the 550sCE and drove the majority of them west while escaping the GokTurks. In the 560sCE, three Y-DNA Q Huar Kedarite princes led their Kermixiones (Red Huns) from the Imaon Mountains to the region of Sarmatian Aluania and subjugated the Drogos, Utigr-Bulgars (who moved west), and Kothrigr-Bulgars who thereafter became known as the Khazars, and Kedarics under the rule of Kubrat.
The Origin of the Khazars
Magor (Malkar) & Hunor’s “Bulgar-Hun” tribes known as the pro-Byzantium Turkic Onogurs and anti-Byzantium Achamenid Kutrigurs evolved into the pro-Byzantium Utigurs and anti-Byzantium Khazars respectively.
Irnak’s Y-DNA Haplogroup R ‘Onogur/Utigur Kingdom moved its base to the Y-DNA Haplogroup E-M68 Agathyrsi/Akatzir’s Phanagoria region in the 460s as a result of attacks from the E-M34 Achamenid Kutigur Sabir/Sabartoi Asphaloi of Sauromatian Aluania (Kush). The Finnougrian Pseudo-Avars stormed into Europe a century later subjugating the Achamenid Kutrigur while the Onogur/Utigur remained independent. When the Suar/Huar/Uar Western Turkic Kaghanate forced the Avars further west, Byzantium initially sought to encourage the Utigurs to attack the Avars and Kutrigurs but after learning of the historic relations between Utigurs and Kutrigurs fostered a policy of healing the rift between the Onogur/Utigurs and Kutrigurs in the hopes that the Kutrigurs would eventually unite with the Utigurs and overthrow the Avars from within. This was first attempted under the leadership of Altzek around 630, when the Kutrigur Bulgars failed in their revolt against the Avars resulting in the migration of some Bulgars to Ravenna. Finally, having restored their alliance with the Onogur/Utigur under the leadership of Kubrat, the Kutrigurs did succeed in subjugating the Avars extending the Western Turkic Kaghanate all the way to Hungary for a short time. However, following Kubrat’s death, Kothrag dethroned his brother Batbayan taking advantage of the Tang attacks which had weakened the eastern frontier. The Avars revolted forcing Kuber and Asparuk’s Onogur/Utigur Bulgars south towards Byzantium leaving Kothrag with a much diminished empire which grew to be known under his descendant Bulan as Khazaria.
