Suar Principality

Suar or Suvar principality was a medieval statelet subject to Volga Bulgaria.

The principality appeared around the 940s CE. The population was a mix of Turkic Sabirs and local Turkic- and Uralic-speaking tribes such as the Mari. The capital city was Suar, whose ruler was titled "Bäk" (cf. Khazar "Bek"; Turkish "Bey".)

In 975 the principality was absorbed by Volga Bulgaria. From the 11th to 13th centuries, it was a semiautonomous province, until the Mongols conquered the state.

List of known rulers

• Ghabdulla bine Miqail (Abd'ullah ibn Miqa'il)
• Talib bine Axmad (Talib ibn Ahmad)
• Mo'min bine Axmad (Mu'min ibn Ahmad)

Bibliography

• "Suar bäklege". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.