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of the newly-arrived Khazar army in disguise as her brother Alp, who, the kagan has revealed, died in Rus' captivity. The tarkhan supports her claim to the position of bek, and the Khazar army secures control of the capital in Alp's name. While bargaining with a Rus' captain for safe passage away
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