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The Khvalisy were a tribe mentioned in old Russian chronicles by Nestor.
Polish historian August Bielowski conjectured that Khvalisy referred to the same people called "Khalyzians" by the Byzantine chroniclers.[1]
Other scholars [who?] believe that "Khvalisy" refers to Khazaran, the twin city of Atil, (the capital of the Khazar Khaganate) and that the term derives from the Khwarazmians who formed a part of the Khazar army (see Arsiyah).