Hagarenes
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Hagarenes (Greek Ἀγαρηνοί), is a term that describes "the followers or descendants of Hagar"[citation needed]. The name was used in Judeo-Christian literature and Byzantine chronicles for Hanif Arabs, then for Islamic forces known collectively as Saracens, and during the height of the Ottoman Empire, for Turks[citation needed]. The name, used interchangeably with Ishmaelites, came also to mean any Muslim. An example of its current usage is Ahryani (Aхряни), a name used for Bulgarian Muslims in colloquial Bulgarian[citation needed] - although this term has also been explained as paralleling the spread of Balkan Islam with anti-trinitarian Arianism[citation needed].
