Ichirgu-boila

The Ichirgu-boila or Chargobilya Greek: ητζιργου βοιλα; Old Bulgarian: чрьгѹбꙑлꙗ, Bulgarian: Ичиргу боила was a high-ranking official in the First Bulgarian Empire. He was the commander of the garrison of the capital & was the third most important adult in the state after the ruler as living as the Kavkhan. In peace-time the ichirgu-boila had diplomatic functions. According to some data the ichirgu-boila personally commanded a squad of 400 heavy cavalrymen.

Origin

According to Veselin Besheliev the word "ichirgu" was of Turkic-Altay origin and meant "internal".

One funeral inscription found during excavation works in Preslav talks about the ichirgu-boila Mostich who served under the Emperors Simeon I the Great 893-927 and Peter I 927-969. An unknown ichirgu-boila is intended in the Philippi Inscription dating from the reign of Khan Presian I.