According to Theophylaktos Simokattes , Uar, along with the Hunnoi, are the names associated with the two biggest tribes of " Procopius's White Huns". They were called Varkhon or Varkunites (Ouarkhonitai) by Menander, perhaps inspired by the name of the God Vulcan, and settled Europe in the Balkans and Pannonia. They are supposed to have united around 460 under the rule of one of the five Yuezhi families - the Hephthal. Simokattes's term Uar (also sometimes written War or Var) is similar to Hua, the name the Hephthalites used of themselves according to the Chinese classic Liang chih-kung-t'u, and they are identified as the "true" Avars of the east and the true political force behind what he calls the "pseudo" Avars who eventually settled down in Transylvania.
According to Theophylaktos Simokattes though the White Huns were initially composed of two nations, the Uar and the Hion tribes, they were also joined near the end of the 6th century by the Zabender , Tarnach and Kotzagerek Huns. During the 7th century the Bulgars who were also part of their empire revolted. These six groups were joined around 670 by Kuber's Onogurs, from whom the name HungaryThe Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars or Magyarorszag''. Magyar Koztarsasag ( In Detail) ( Full s derives. The Onogurs themselves were composed of three groups. See also Avars and KabarThe Kabars (Gr. Kabaroi) were a confederation of three Khazar tribes that rebelled against the authority of the Khazar khagan in the 9th century. The word itself is believed to derive from a Turkic word meaning "rebel. The Kabars joined the proto- Magyars.
The subjugation of the Uighurs by the Var is a claim which raises its head from time to time. The story goes that one branch of the Juan JuanJuan Juan ( wg), Ruanruan ( py), Ru Ru (py) or Rouran (py) was the name of a confederacy of nomadic tribes on the northern borders of China proper from late 4th century until late 6th century. The term Rouran was a Chinese language transciption of the pro was called Uar (if true we need a solid original source reference and Chinese characterTraditional Chinese and other languages. Simplified Chinese Chinese characters or Han characters (/) are used in the written forms of the Chinese language, and to varying degrees in the Japanese and Korean languages (though the latter only in South Korea)), and they were placed at the head of the Uighurs after subjugating them (need original source references). Are the "Uar/Var" people in question the same as Hua (滑)?
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