Turks, Magyars and Huns:
There is crediable evedience that the Magyars are decendents of Huns. The Magyars were originally called Turks.
Quotes from the Byzantine Emporer Constantine Porphyrogentitus in the "de Administrando Imperio" a book written for his son on how to govern the empire:
"The Turks preferred that Aprad should be prince rather than Almoutzis (Almos) his father....." he goes on describing the nation of the Turks is now in what is Hungary. He continously calls the Magyars, Turks in all his writings. "The Turks... came to great Moravia, expelled the inhabitants and live there to this day" This was written in about 950 ad.
He also states that the these Turks (Magyars) used to be called "Sabartoi Asphalio" in older times.
In Jordanes History of the Goth's written about 550 ad, he states that:
"From this region the Huns, like a fruitful root of bravest races, sprouted into two hordes of people. Some of these are called Altziagiri, others Sabiri; and they have different dwelling places."
The question is are the Constatine VII, "Sabartoi Asphalio" the same as Jordanes "Sabiri & Altziagiri"
Edited by vibo - 16-Dec-2007 at 05:28