King bulan His name means "elk" in Old Turkic. The Khazar state saw its first influx of Jewish "immigrants" in 723 in a wave that continued to the early 10th century (944 AD). Bulan was a Khazar king who led the conversion of the Khazars to Judaism. While you ask some important questions and address doubts about certain sources, you never question the fundamental assumption — and I do not use that word lightly — that the Khazars actually converted to Judaism. Bulan was a ruler of the Chazars who converted to Judaism after a divine vision. . The Khazar nobility and many of the common people also became Jews. In 861 king Bulan converted to Judaism and by extension, his entire kaganite became Jewish. King Obadiah later established synagogues and Jewish schools in Khazaria. He rejected the offers of Christianity and Islam, and accepted Judaism as the foundation of their faiths. Bulan (meaning "elk" [1] or "hart" in Old Turkic) was a Khazar ruler, and the founder of the Bulanid dynasty. The date of his reign is unknown, as the date of the conversion is hotly disputed, though it is certain that Bulan reigned some time between the mid-700s and the mid-800s. Nov 11, 2015 ยท I have to say though that the latest lecture on King Bulan and the Khazars contained an important omission. He built synagogues and yeshivot , brought in Jewish scholars, and rewarded them with gold and silver. King Joseph then described how, after King Bulan accepted Judaism, a descendant of his, King Obadiah, “reorganized the kingdom and established the Jewish religion properly and correctly. In 860, the Khazar Kagan adopted monotheism instead of shamanism, and was hospitable to Muslim and Jewish scholars. He is usually identified as being the same with Sabriel , the king who led the khazar conversion to Judaism , and thus he is sometimes referred to as Bulan Sabriel. King Bulan adopted Judaism in approximately the year 838, after supposedly holding a debate between representatives of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths.