Filan (Caucasus)

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]

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