7.
HUNGARIANS.
Locality.—Hungary; mixed with German, Slavonic, and Wallachian tribes.
Native Name.—Majiar.
The Majiars are Ugrian, the country from which they descended being that of the Bashkirs, conterminous with the southern limits of the present Ugrian area, of which it was once a part. The date of their migration is about A.D. 900.
From extending farther than Hungary they were prevented by the two great victories of Henry the Fowler in 935 A.D.
Those who would connect the present Hungarians with the Huns of Attila, must also make the Huns Ugrian; since no fact is more undeniable than the Ugrian character of the Majiars. The reasons against this have been given already. They are, undoubtedly, scanty. Still they preponderate over those of the other view; which consist only in inferences from the term Hungary.
Lest these be over-rated, two facts should be remembered:—
1st.—That the name is Russian and not native.
2nd.—That the -n- is no original part of the word; the older Slavonic forms being Ugri, Uhri, and only in the later dialects, Ungri.