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| {{This|the Bulgarian ruler|Malamir (disambiguation)}} | |||
| omurtag is turkish word | |||
| '''Malamir''' ({{lang-bg|Маламир}}) was the ruler of ] ]–]. | |||
| also malamir = balamir= the child king | |||
| it is no doubt | |||
| Malamir was a son of ] and a grandson of ]. His name is sometimes considered to be of Slavic origin, leading to the speculation that his mother was a ]. Neither assertion can be considered fact. | |||
| Malamir became ruler of Bulgaria in ] on the death of his father Omurtag, because his older brother ] (Voin) had forfeited his right to the succession by becoming a ]. It is possible that Malamir was young and inexperienced at the time of his accession, and that affairs of state were managed by his minister (''kaukhanos'') Isbul. | |||
| About ] Malamir executed his older brother Enravota for refusing to renounce ]. After the expiration of the original 20-year peace treaty with the ] in ], emperor ] ravaged the regions inside the Bulgarian frontier. The Bulgarians retaliated, and under the leadership of Isbul they reached ]. At this time, if not earlier, the Bulgarians annexed Philippopolis (]) and its environs. Several surviving monumental inscriptions from this reign make reference to the Bulgarian victories and others to the continuation of construction activities in and near ]. Malamir died in ], allegedly as retribution for his execution of his older brother. | |||
| In several older studies Malamir is identified with his successor ], and it is assumed that he survived until the ] as the direct predecessor of ]. This is very unlikely, as Malamir is attested as having been succeeded by his nephew (the son of his brother Zvinica), while ] was preceded by his father Presian I. Zlatarski resolved the problems in the fragmentary sources by determining that Malamir's unnamed nephew and successor was in fact Presian I, and Boris I was the latter's son. | |||
| The ] Volga Bulgar compilation ''Ja'far Tarikh'' (a work of disputed authenticity) represents Balamir (i.e., Malamir) as the son of Yomyrčak (i.e., Omurtag), and as the brother of Sabanša (i.e., Zvinica), who was the father of Birdžihan (i.e., Presian I). | |||
| ] on ] in the ], ] is named for Khan Malamir of Bulgaria. | |||
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| ==References== | |||
| * Jordan Andreev, Ivan Lazarov, Plamen Pavlov, ''Koj koj e v srednovekovna Bălgarija'', Sofia 1999. | |||
| * (primary source), Bahši Iman, ''Džagfar Tarihy'', vol. I, Orenburg 1997. | |||
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