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 | | In the "Etelkoz" settlement area (modern Bessarabia) the seven Onogur-Magyar tribes (Nyeck, Megyer, Kurtgyarmat, Tarjan, Jeno, Ker, Keszi) and the Khabar tribe established a firm federation under a hereditary ruler. |
 | | Thus, shortly before their exodus from the Etelkoz area (895-896 AD), the Hungarians laid the foundation of a progressive liberal constitution. |
 | | The elected sovereign was to rule by the will of the nation (not by the "Grace of God"), and land was to be held by the individuals as their rightful property, not in fief from their lord: thus they rejected the medieval principle of feudalism. |
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