Karadach or Kuridach (in
Greek
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Κουριδαχος, ''Kouridachos'', la, Curidachus) was an important
chieftain
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Tribe
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of the
Akatziri
The Akatziri or Akatzirs ( gr, Άκατίροι, Άκατζίροι, ''Akatiroi'', ''Akatziroi''; la, Acatziri) were a tribe that lived north of the Black Sea, though the Crimean city of Cherson seemed to be under their control in the sixth centu ...
tribe of the Hunnic confederation during the reign of
Attila
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. According to
Priscus
Priscus of Panium (; el, Πρίσκος; 410s AD/420s AD-after 472 AD) was a 5th-century Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian and rhetorician (or sophist)...: "For information about Attila, his court and the organization of life generall ...
he rose to prominence when he was courted by
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diplomats in 448 AD as a potential ally against the
Huns
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, but used the information to help his overlord foil a revolt among lesser chiefs of the Akatziri; thus Attila left his lands untouched while the remaining were taken.
Etymology
Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen
Otto John Maenchen-Helfen (German: Otto Mänchen-Helfen; July 26, 1894 – January 29, 1969) was an Austrian academic, sinologist, historian, author, and traveler.
From 1927 to 1930, he worked at the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow, and from 193 ...
considers the name to be "possibly" Turkic. He suggests an etymology of ''*Qurtaq'': ''qurt'' (wolf) plus the diminutive suffix ''-q''.
References
Books
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5th-century monarchs in Europe
Huns
Attila the Hun
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