The Bilars were a medieval (10th-13th centuries) Turkic tribal commonwealth in the Middle Volga. The Bilars are known to have founded the city of Bilär. Since the 10th century they were a part of Volga Bulgaria. In the 11th-14th centuries their land (today's Alexeyevsky District of Tatarstan) was one of Bulgaria's emirates or duchies.

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弊剌 Bìlà (< MC (ZS): /biᴇiH-lɑt̚/), a Turkic tribe identified by Chinese historiographers with either Alats[1] or Basmyls.[2]

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  1. ^ Ouyang Xiu & Song Qi et al., New Book of Tang, "vol. 217b"; quote:「 又有駁馬者,或曰弊剌,曰遏羅支,……」; rough translation: "There was also the Piebald-Horse (tribe), also called Bìlà, also called Èluózhī, [...]"
  2. ^ Du You et al., Tongdian, "vol. 200". quote: 「 拔悉彌一名弊剌國,隋時聞焉。」; rough translation: "Báxīmí, also called Bìlà, known since Suí time."