Filan (Arabic: فلان) was a people and principality in the early medieval Caucasus. They are known only from Arabic-language sources. According to the 9th-century historian al-Baladhuri, their ruler, the Filan-Shah, had been appointed as an autonomous prince by the Sasanian emperor Khosrow I (r. 531–579).[1] The tribe likely lived in what is now southern Dagestan, but its ethnic identity is uncertain; they may have been of Avar origin.[2] According to the 10th-century geographer al-Mas'udi, the Filan eventually became part of the neighbouring principality of Sarir.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bosworth & MacKenzie 1978, pp. 342–343.
  2. 1 2 Bosworth & MacKenzie 1978, p. 343.

Sources

  • Bosworth, C. E. & MacKenzie, D. N. (1978). "al-Ḳabḳ". In van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Bosworth, C. E. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Volume IV: Iran–Kha (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 341–351. OCLC 758278456.
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