Asparuh of Bulgaria

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Asparuh
Аспарух
Khan of Bulgaria
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Map from Soviet book "Archeology of the Ukrainian SSR in 3 volumes", Kiev, 1986, showing place of the Asparuh's burial near the modern city of Zaporizhzhia.

Asparuh (also Ispor; Bulgarian: Аспарух, romanizedAsparuh or (rarely) Bulgarian: Исперих, romanizedIsperih) was а ruler of Bulgars in the second half of the 7th century and is credited with the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681.[1]

Early life

The

Great Bulgaria") in the steppes of modern Ukraine. Asparuh may have gained experience in politics and statesmanship during the long reign of his father, who probably died in 665 (apud Moskov). According to Djagfar Tarikhy (a work of disputed authenticity) Asparuh was made the leader of the Onogur tribe by his father. After his father's death, Asparuh would have acknowledged the rule of his older brother Bat Bayan, but the state disintegrated under Khazar attack in 668, and he and his brothers parted ways, leading their people to seek a more secure home in other lands.[citation needed
]

The foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire

Establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire

Asparuh was followed by 30,000 to 50,000

Balkan range.[citation needed
]

Reign

Monogram of Asparuh

Asparuh's victory led to the Bulgarian conquest of

Drăstăr, as well as at least one of the Bulgarian limes walls from the Danube to the Black Sea. While the multi-tribal and hegemonic character of the Bulgarian state in the first century or two after its establishment is readily apparent, Bulgarian historians have stressed the establishment of a capital and of a state tradition that could be viewed retrospectively as national. According to a late tradition, Asparuh died fighting the Khazars on the Danube. According to one theory, advanced by the Bulgarian historian Vaklinov, his grave is located near Voznesenka ("Ascension") on the Dnieper in Ukraine.[5]

The town of

Isperikh, several villages and Asparuh Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica are named after Asparuh of Bulgaria.[citation needed
]

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Preceded by
Khan of Bulgaria

668–695
Succeeded by