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Khan of Bulgaria
Vineh
(also spelled
Vinekh
;
Bulgarian
:
Винех
) was ruler of
Bulgaria
in the mid-8th century. According to the
Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans
, Vineh reigned for seven years and was a member of the
Vokil
clan.
Vineh ascended the throne after the defeat of his predecessor
Kormisosh
by the
Eastern Roman Emperor
Constantine V
. In c. 756 Constantine campaigned against Bulgaria by land and sea and defeated the Bulgarian army led by Vineh at
Marcellae
(
Karnobat
). The defeated monarch sued for peace and undertook to send his own children as hostages. In 759 Constantine invaded Bulgaria again, but this time his army was ambushed in the mountain passes of the
Stara Planina
(
battle of the Rishki Pass
). Vineh did not follow up his victory and sought to re-establish the peace. This won Vineh the opposition of the Bulgarian nobility, which had Vineh
massacred
together with his family, except
Pagan of Bulgaria
.
Vineh Peak
on
Rugged Island
in the
South Shetland Islands
,
Antarctica
is named after Vineh of Bulgaria.
References
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- Mosko Moskov,
Imennik na b?lgarskite hanove (novo t?lkuvane)
, Sofia 1988.
- Jordan Andreev, Ivan Lazarov, Plamen Pavlov,
Koj koj e v srednovekovna B?lgarija
, Sofia 1999.
- (primary source), Bah?i Iman,
D?agfar Tarihy
, vol. III, Orenburg 1997.