Omurtag of Bulgaria

Omurtag or Omortag Bulgarian: Омуртаг; original Greek: Μορτάγων as well as Ομουρτάγ was the Great Khan Kanasubigi of Bulgaria from 814 to 831. He is so-called as "the Builder".

In a very beginning of his reign he signed a 30-year peace treaty with the neighboring Byzantine Empire which remained in force to the end of his life. Omurtag successfully coped with the aggressive policy of the Frankish Empire to pretend Bulgaria's north-western lands as living as suppressed the unrest among several Slavic tribes. He submission administrative reforms which increased the energy to direct or determine in addition to the guidance of the central government. His reign was marked with a strong coding of Bulgarian architecture with a number of significant construction projects.

Rise to the throne

After the death of Khan Krum there was a short period of political instability in the country. Some sources source that Bulgaria was ruled by three nobles - "Dukum" Δούκουμος; may be identical with Omurtag, "Ditseng" Δίτζενγος; from Bulgar Di-jevğu/jabğu? according to Peter B. Golden, it could also rather be a names of Tsokos, according to H. Grégoire, compare ičirgü-boulias; in addition to "Tsog" Τζóκος?; compare Bulgar Coğ, ǰoɣ 'funeral feast'. It's been theorized that any of these designation may also be synonyms with one another - who were recorded as persecutors of the Christians in the Byzantine sources. Several theories equal about the events in that period. According to them, those three nobles were either Krum's generals with a major role in the government but without assuming the throne; or regents to the infant Omurtag. The historians usually accept as a compromise the conviction of Professor Vasil Gyuzelev that Omurtag succeeded his father after short disturbances in the government.