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Not a portrait: Copy of the List of Bulgarian Rulers. His name is in the text; 15th–16th-century copy.
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First Bulgarian Tsardom · Khan

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≈Dates disputed: 721–737

One of the last Dulo rulers; his reign dates are uncertain.

See the sources for the dating evidence.

Biography

Life

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Chronologies give different reign dates: c. 721–737 or c. 725–740. Little is known about his life.

Sources · 2

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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 · 1–6
  2. 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

Images

Not a portrait

Unknown medieval scribe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Copy of the List of Bulgarian Rulers. His name is in the text; 15th–16th-century copy.

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Unknown medieval scribe; facsimile: M. N. Tikhomirov, 1946 / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain