The kende (o kündü) wis ane o the kyngs o the dewell-monyrchye o the eerli Hungarians alon wi the gyula ou warcheef. The functioun o the kende is beleawt tae hae been a releeigious ane ("sycral prync")[1][2]. A the tym o the Magyar mygraetion tae Pannonia, the kende wis naemt Kurszán. Waen the fowk Kurszán haes died i ae stramash i approxeemaetly 904, the office wis taykn ap bi the gyula Árpád, creetin a singilte-heid monyrchye foe Hungary. Thohe thae aer some schulars (foe exampyll Gyula Kristó) quhoe beliawe tha Árpád wis the kende, quhoe laitr teuk up the functiouns o the gyula.

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  1. Spinei, Victor (2006). The Great Migrations in the East and South East of Europe from the Ninth to the Thirteenth Century: Hungarians, Pechenegs and Uzes (in Inglis). Hakkert. ISBN 978-90-256-1207-8.
  2. Brook, Kevin Alan (27 September 2006). The Jews of Khazaria (in Inglis). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-0302-0.