Asparukh, one of the sons of Kubrat, …
Years: 675 - 675
Asparukh, one of the sons of Kubrat, is followed by thirty thousand to fifty thousand Bulgars.
He reaches the Danube and, while the imperial capital, Constantinople, is besieged by Muawiyah I, Caliph of the Arabs (674–678), he and his people settle in the Danube delta, probably on the now disappeared Peuce Island.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
- Islam
- Bulgaria, “the Old Great “, (Onogur) Khaganate of
- Christians, Monotheletist
- Volga Bulgaria, or Volga-Kama Bulgaria
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
