Batbajan

Besmer or Batbajan (Gr. Βαίανος [Baianos]) was a Bulgarian Knjas from the House of Dulo . In the “ Bulgarian Princes List” he is mentioned under the name Besmer, in Greek texts as Baian and in other sources as Batbai. It is believed that he was the eldest of Kubrat's five sons . At the time of Kubrat, Batbajan ruled part of Greater Bulgaria , after Kubrat's death Besmer took over the entire rule . He ruled independently for barely three years (665–668) before he had to accept the supremacy of the Khazarian khaganate .

It is also associated with the Bulgarian custom of martenitsa .

literature

Friedhelm Winkelmann u. a .: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine period . 1st department. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-015179-0 , p. 322.

Individual evidence

↑ There are some differences in the Bulgarian Princes List when it comes to the spelling of the names in the individual manuscripts, but they have one thing in common: the Central Asian title Khan is not mentioned in any of the manuscripts. The ruler Asparuch (the founder of Danube Bulgaria) and his five predecessors had a different title, namely the Slavic title Knjaz, which roughly means "king". The only verifiable title of Kubrat is Patricius, he got it in 635 from the Eastern Roman Emperor Herakleios.

predecessor	Office	successor
Kubrat	Bulgarian ruler 665–668	-

personal data
SURNAME	Batbajan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	the great bayan; Батбаян (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bulgarian Khan of the House of Dulo
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century
DATE OF DEATH	7th century

[1] There are some differences in the Bulgarian Princes List when it comes to the spelling of the names in the individual manuscripts, but they have one thing in common: the Central Asian title Khan is not mentioned in any of the manuscripts. The ruler Asparuch (the founder of Danube Bulgaria) and his five predecessors had a different title, namely the Slavic title Knjaz, which roughly means "king". The only verifiable title of Kubrat is Patricius, he got it in 635 from the Eastern Roman Emperor Herakleios.