Also known as Saksin
Saqsin, also known as Saksin and Saksin-Bolgar, was a medieval city that flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. It was situated in the Volga Delta (modern-day Astrakhan Oblast), or in the Lower Volga region, and was known in pre-Mongol times as Saksin-Bolgar, which in Mongol times became Sarai Batu. It was mentioned by the Arab geographer al-Gharnati and the Persian Qazwini, among others, and recorded as "the land of the Saksins" in the report of Friar Benedict of Poland about the 1246 trip of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine through the camp of Mongol prince Batu Khan on the s
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薩克辛，是伏尔加河三角洲上一重要城市。在十一至十三世纪十分繁荣，在蒙古入侵前是钦察人的地方。这里后来成为金帐汗国老萨莱。 一些阿拉伯与伊朗地理学家说这里是萨克辛人的地方。1246年拔都留在这里生活。苏联人说此地在伏尔加格勒与阿赫图宾斯克之间。有人说萨克辛人似哥德人，但多数认为他们是突厥穆斯林（保加尔人）。
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