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Not a portrait: Madara Rider; identity disputed. Illustration to the passage mentioning Kormesios.
Not a portrait

First Bulgarian Tsardom · Khan

Kormesiy

≈Dates disputed: 715–721

His name is linked to the Madara Rider inscriptions; his reign dates are disputed.

See the sources for the dating evidence.

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Sources

  1. Ian S. R. Mladjov Bulgaria (Bălgarija): kings and emperors of the Bulgarians; princes of Bulgaria and kings of the Bulgarians Ian Mladjov’s Resources, Chronologies. Author’s working chronology, updated March 2024, 6 pp. · 2024
  2. Иван Иванов Върху значението на владетелските титли KANAΣYBIΓI и CANISAUCI при прабългари и авари PDF Пътуванията в средновековна България. Материали от Първата национална конференция, Шумен, 8–11 май 2009. Шумен: Университетско издателство „Епископ Константин Преславски“, 2011, с. 212–223. · 2011 · 212–223
  3. John R. Martindale (editor); King’s College London Old Bulgarian Rulers Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire I (641–867). Ashgate, 2001; KCL online edition. · 2001

Alternative dates in the sources

≈ 721–738
Иван Иванов
≈ 718–725
John R. Martindale (editor); King’s College London

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Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Madara Rider; identity disputed. Illustration to the passage mentioning Kormesios.

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Photo: Diego Delso, delso.photo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Processed image.