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]

## References

1. ↑ Bosworth & MacKenzie 1978, pp. 342–343.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bosworth & MacKenzie 1978, p. 343.

## Sources

* van Donzel, E., ed (1978). "al-Ḳabḳ". The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume IV: Iran–Kha. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 341–351. OCLC 758278456. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0405.

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