The Magyars, as mounted nomads in contact…

The Magyars, as mounted nomads in contact with and often in alliance with Turkic tribes, have moved westward under Árpád and Kukszan, with one group following the Lower Danube valley and two other groups crossing the Carpathian passes, one of which enters into Transylvania in 895.

Having elected as their chief Árpád, the leader of their most powerful tribe, the Magyars cross the Carpathians en masse, probably in 895, and easily subjugate the peoples of the sparsely inhabited central plain, their first place of settlement.

Thought of as returning Huns, the Magyars come to be known as Hungarians.