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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 Hungary derives. The Onogurs themselves were composed of three groups. See also Kabars.
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 Juan was called
Uar (if true we need a solid original source reference and Chinese character), 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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