Tervel, Khan of Bulgaria, 675?-721

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Personal name heading	Tervel, Khan of Bulgaria, 675?-721 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Тервел, Khan of Bulgaria, 675?-721 Tarvel, Khan of Bulgaria, 675?-721 Terval, Khan of Bulgaria, 675?-721 Terbelis, Khan of Bulgaria, 675?-721
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Found in	Kan Tervel, 2012: t.p. (Tervel) Goli︠a︡ma ent︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ Bŭlgarii︠a︡, 2012: tom 11, p. 4387 (Tervel (mid 7th c.-721) -- Bulgarian khan (approx. 701-721) of the Dulo dynasty, son of Khan Asparukh) Wikipedia, July 21, 2014 (Khan Tervel (Bulgarian: Тервел) also called Tarvel, or Terval, or Terbelis in some Byzantine sources. Born 675; died 721; Emperor of the Bulgarians at the beginning of the 8th century (700-721). In 705 Emperor Justinian II named him Caesar, the first foreigner to receive this title. He was probably a Christian like his grandfather Khan Kubrat. After the Bulgarian army crushed the Arabs during the Siege of Constantinople (718) Tervel was called by contemporaries the Saviour of Europe.