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Avars
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or AvARI, an East Caucasian people, the most renowned of the Lesghian tribes, inhabiting central Daghestan (see LESGHIANS). They are the only Lesghian tribe who possess a written language, for which they makes use of the Arabic characters. They are often confused with the Avars whose empire on the Danube was broken by Charlemagne; but Komarov asserts that they are of more recent origin as a tribe, their name being Lowland Turki for "vagrant" or "refugee."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Avars'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/avars.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Avars'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/avars.html. 1910.
