- Ichirgu-boil
The Ichirgu-boil or Chargobilya (Old _bg. чрьгобыля) was a high-ranking official in the
First Bulgarian Empire . He was the commander of the garrison of the capital and was the third most important person in the state after the ruler and the Kavkhan. In peace-time the ichirgu-boil had diplomatic functions.Origin
According to
Veselin Besheliev the word "ichirgu" was ofTurkic -Altay origin and meant "internal", and according to others it derives from theCaucasian word "ichirho" meaning an "archer".From one funeral inscription found during excavation works in
Preslav is known the ichirgu-boilMostich who served under the Emperors Simeon I the Great (893-927) and Peter I (927-969). An unknown ichirgu-boil is mention in thePhilipi Inscription dating from the reign of Presian.References
*Бешевлиев В., [http://www.kroraina.com/knigi/vb/index.html "Прабългарски епиграфски паметници"] , Издателство на Отечествения фронт, София, 1981
External links
* [http://www.museum-preslav.com/engl/dict.html Музей Преслав — речник]
* [http://members.tripod.com/~Groznijat/b_lang/bl_oldwords.html Прабългарски думи]
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