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Following the conversion to Judaism of the Khazarian royalty and aristocracy, their descendants began to claim origins in Kozar, a son of Togarmah.

Togarmah is mentioned in Genesis ( Chapter 10 verses 2 & 3 ) as a grandson of Japheth.

Some scholars in the former USSR considered the Khazars to be an indigenous people of the North Caucasus, mostly Nakh peoples.

They argue that the name khazar comes from the Chechen language, meaning beautiful valley.