Hazar- Bizans İlişkileri ve Bu İlişkilerde Siyasi Evliliklerin Rolüne Genel Bir Bakış
Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2025

This study examines relations between the Khazar Khaganate and the Byzantine Empire in medieval Eurasia through the lens of dynastic marriages, focusing on how political unions functioned as instruments of alliance-building, legitimacy, and long-term strategic coordination. Facing a persistent multi-front security environment—first shaped by rivalry with the Sasanians and later intensified by Arab expansion—Byzantium relied on diplomacy as a systematic complement to military power. The Khazars,