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TIL in 740 King Bulan, convened a debate between Christian, Jew and Muslim priests to decide a religion for the Khazar nomads. He asked all 3 sages: “which is the lesser evil from the other 2 faiths?” Based on Christian and Islam’s answers, he instantly converted to Judaism and circumcised himself.

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