- Ajjar of Bulgaria
Ajjar or "Ayyar" ( _bg. Айяр), is the name assigned by the 17th century Volga Bulgar source "Ja'far Tarikh" (a work of disputed authenticity), to the successor of
Tervel on the throne ofBulgaria .The name Ajjar is otherwise completely unattested in the sources, but the
Namelist of Bulgarian Rulers contains indications of two damaged records between the entries for Tervel andSevar . The second of these is the Kormesios of the Byzantine sources, Kormesij. According to the "Ja'far Tarikh", Ajjar was the brother and successor of Tarvil (i.e., Tervel), and the uncle and predecessor of Kermes (i.e., Kormesij). While this testimony cannot be corroborated, it provides a convenient name for one of the lost rulers of the "Namelist". Ajjar would have reigned in 715 according to the chronology developed byMoskov .References
* Mosko Moskov, "Imennik na bălgarskite hanove (novo tălkuvane)", Sofia 1988.
* (primary source), Bahši Iman, "Džagfar Tarihy", vol. III, Orenburg 1997.
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