Before revision: Date in Pahlavi: 728 CE Elteber (Ethno Cultural Dictionary, TÜRIK BITIG or (h)elitbär; Chinese 頡利發 xié-lì-fā < EMCh: *γεt-liH-puat) was the client king of an autonomous but tributary tribe or polity in the hierarchy of the Turkic khaganates and Khazar Khaganate.
After revision: Date in Pahlavi: 728 CE Elteber (Ethno Cultural Dictionary, TÜRIK BITIG or (h)elitbär; Chinese 頡利發 xié-lì-fā < EMCh: *γεt-liH-puat) was the client king of an autonomous but tributary tribe or polity in the hierarchy of the Turkic khaganates including Khazar Khaganate.