Ishad

Not to be confused with Shad (prince).

Ishad was an Old Turkic word used to designate the highest-ranking Göktürk generals (e.g., Buri-sad). It is also used in some Arabic sources to describe the Khagan Bek of the Khazars. Brook,[1] citing Golden,[2] proposes that Ishad is a variant of Shad, a Turkic title of Iranian origin.

  1. ^ Brook, Kevin A. (2018). The Jews of Khazaria (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 261.
  2. ^ Golden, Peter B. (1980). Khazar Studies: An Historio-Philological Inquiry into the Origins of the Khazars. Vol. 1. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 208.