Dengizich

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Dengizich (spelled Δεγγιζίχ in Priscus' account) was a son of Attila the Hun. The word "Dengizich" means little sea in old Turkic (*Däŋiziq). This is also said to be the root of the name Ghengis and Gdansk in Poland.

Some time during his reign, the Unogurs first crossed the river Volga (according to Zacharias Rhetor). Priscus is clearer saying that in 463AD a mixed Saragur, Urog and Unogur embassy asked Byzantium for an alliance having been dislodged by the Avars' drive towards the west.

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