Kozar


Kozar is a personal name with its origins in Turkic and/or Slavonic languages.
A founding myth among the Khazars, as related in texts such as the Khazar Correspondence and King Joseph's Reply to Hasdai ibn Shaprut, held that they were founded by Kozar, a son of the Biblical figure Togarmah. In such texts, the brothers of Kozar are given varying names, including: Bulgar, Ujur, Tauris, Avar, Uguz, Bizal, Tarna, Janur, and Sawir. The medieval Jewish Joseph ben Gorion lists the sons of Togarmas as: Kozar, Pacinak, Aliqanosz, Bulgar, Ragbiga, Turqi, Buz, Zabuk, Ungari, and Tilmac. In the Chronicles of Jerahmeel, they are listed as: Cuzar, Pasinaq, Alan, Bulgar, Kanbinah, Turq, Buz, Zakhukh, Ugar, and Tulmes. Another medieval rabbinic work, the Book of Jasher, gives the names: Buzar, Parzunac, Elicanum, Balgar, Ragbib, Tarki, Bid, Zebuc, Ongal, and Tilmaz.