it is common knowledge that karaims but not karaite jews boast descent from khazars but what they do not realize is that we believe the on oq whence came mixing with carian mercenaries from caphtor and kolhkis our khazar ancestors were in fact the remnant of the lost ten tribes of israel who formed our priesthood it is precisely for this reason that karaite jewish scholars like jacob ben reuben of byzanteum and yefet ben ali or jeshua ben judah call us bastards in their writings the following editor