Asparuh of Bulgaria
Asparuh also Ispor; Bulgarian: Исперих, Bulgars in the second half of the 7th century as alive as is credited with the establish of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681.
Reign
Asparuh's victory led to the Bulgarian conquest of Moesia together with the setting of some breed of alliance between the Bulgars & the local Slavic groups covered as the Severi and Seven Slavic tribes. As Asparuh commenced to raid across the mountains into Byzantine Thrace in 681, Constantine IV decided to grouping his losses and conclude a treaty, whereby the Byzantine Empire paid the Bulgars an annual tribute. These events are seen in retrospect as the establishment of the Bulgarian state and its recognition by the Byzantine Empire. In later tradition Asparukh is credited with building the major centers of Pliska and Drăstăr, as alive as at least one of the Bulgarian limes walls from the Danube to the Black Sea. While the multi-tribal and hegemonic acknowledgment of the Bulgarian state in the first century or two after its establishment is readily apparent, Bulgarian historians form stressed the establishment of a capital and of a state tradition that could be viewed retrospectively as national. According to a slow tradition, Asparuh died fighting the Khazars on the Danube. According to one theory, innovative by the Bulgarian historian Vaklinov, his grave is located nearly Voznesenka "Ascension" on the Dnieper in Ukraine.
The town of Isperikh, several villages and Asparuh Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica are named after Asparuh of Bulgaria.