The Basarabs were an early dynasty which had an important role in the establishing of the Wallachian Principality. Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ...

Name and origins

The dynasty was named after Basarab I, who gained the independence of Wallachia from the Kingdom of Hungary. Posada Battle Basarab I was an early ruler of the principality of Wallachia, known as Întemeietorul (The Founder) (c. ... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ...

Basarab I's name was originally Basarabai and lost the ending -a when it was borrowed in Romanian. The name is of Cuman origin and most likely meant "father ruler". Basar was the present participle of the verb "to rule", derivatives attested in both old and modern Kypchak languages. The Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga believed the second part of the name, -aba, to be an honorary title, as recognizable in many Cuman names, such as Terteraba, Arslanapa, and Ursoba. Cuman language was a Turkic language spoken by the Kipchaks (also known as the Cumans) similar to todays Crimean Tatar language. ... The Kipchak language was an extinct Turkic language of Kipchak-Bolghar group. ... portrait of Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga (a. ...

Basarab's father Thocomerius of Wallachia also bore a Cuman name, identified as Toq-tämir, a rather common Cuman and Tatar name in the 13th century. Muscovy chronicles around 1295 refer to of a Toktomer, a prince of the Mongol Empire present in Crimea. The Tatar language (Tatar tele, Tatarça, Татар теле, Татарча) is a Turkic language belonging to the Altaic branch of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Muscovy (Moscow principality (княжество Московское) to Grand Duchy of Moscow (Великое Княжество Московское) to Russian Tsardom (Царство Русское) is a traditional Western name for the Russian state that existed from the 14th century to the late 17th century. ... Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... The Mongol Empire (Cyrillic: Их Монгол Улс) (1206–1368) was the largest contiguous (the land streched uninterrupted by borders or stretches of water) land empire in world history, ruling 35 million km² (13. ... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields amd mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ...

While the names indicate a Cuman origin, contemporaries constantly identified Basarab as a Vlach. Charles I of Hungary speaks of him as "Bazarab infidelis Olacus noster" ("Bazarab, our [- pluralis majestatis] treacherous Vlach"). A parallel can be found with the Asen dynasty, mentioned as Vlachs, and presumably of partial Cuman ancestry, who ruled over the Second Bulgarian Empire. White = Romanians Green = Istro-Romanians Yellow = Aromanians Orange = Megleno-Romanians Vlachs (also called Wallachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs or Ulahs) is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. ... Charles I of Hungary Charles I of Hungary (Anjou France 1288 or 1291–Visegrád, Hungary July 16, 1342), also called Charles Robert, Carobert and Charles I Robert, was the king of Hungary from August 27, 1310. ... Pluralis majestatis (majestic plural) is the plural pronoun where it is used to refer to one person alone. ... The Asen dynasty ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire between 1187 and 1280. ... The history of Bulgaria began in the 7th century AD with the arrival of the Bulgars in the Balkans. ...

Legacy

The Basarab name is the origin of several placenames, including the region of Bessarabia (part of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) and a few towns, such as Basarabi in Romania, Basarabeasca in the Republic of Moldova, and Basarbovo in Bulgaria. 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia annexed by Russia in 1812. ... See also The Basarabi Culture. ... Categories: Moldova-related stubs | Cities in Moldova ...

References

• Vasary, Istvan, Cumans and Tatars, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 149-155