%A TĂłth SĂĄndor LĂĄszlĂł %P 3-18 %D 2015 %L acta35012 %O Bibliogr. a lĂĄbjegyzetekben %K ĹstĂśrtĂŠnet magyar, MĹąelemzĂŠs %T A De Administrando Imperio 38. fejezete idĹviszonyai ĂŠs a magyar ĹstĂśrtĂŠnet %J Acta Universitatis Szegediensis : acta historica %X The study examines the relatives of time in chapter 38 of De Administrando Imperio, which was compiled under the rule of the Byzantine emperor, Constantine Porphyrogennate between 948 and 952. The chapter is about the origin and history of the Hungarians (Magyars) before their settlement in the Carpathian Basin between 895 and 900. There are altogether six relatives of time referring to the past history of the Hungarian tribes. Most of these relatives â âof oldâ, âat that timeâ, âa short while afterwardsâ, âsome years/time laterâ, âat that timeâ cannot be connected surely to definite time. There is only one exact time relation: âfor three yearsâ the Hungarians lived and fought together with the Chazars. Supposing a mistake from the part of the copyist of the original text, some scholars substituted it with a much longer period (20, 30, 200, 300 years). In my opinion, based on the testimony of the oldest copy (Codex Parisinus Graecus 2009), one should accept this short interval, because the number âthreeâ (JD,\l) was written in letters, and not with the so-called âletter-numberâ. I think, that the military alliance of the Hungarians with the Chazars can be dated either between 859â861 or at about 870â880. It is highly probable, that chapter 38 can be divided into two sections, based on two reports. Each of these sections contains a story of a settlement (Levedia; EtelkĂśz), a Chazar episode (military alliance and the Chazar marriage of Levedi; the visit of Levedi to Chazaria, the âoffer of the Khaganâ and the election of prince in EtelkĂśz), and a Pecheneg attack against the Hungarians. With the help of the relatives of time and considering the two generations of leaders (Levedi and the son of Ălmos, ĂrpĂĄd) we may date the story of the Hungarians described by Emperor Constantine at the second half of the ninth century. %V 137