# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tervel-of-bulgaria
# Generated: 2026-09-02T02:50:24.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tervel-of-bulgaria"
name: "Tervel of Bulgaria"
slug: "tervel-of-bulgaria"
description: "Tervel, also called Tarvel, Terval, or Terbelis in Byzantine sources, was the ruler of Bulgaria during the First Bulgarian Empire at the beginning of the 8th century. In 705 Emperor Justinian II named him caesar, the first foreigner to receive this title. He was raised a pagan like his grandfather Khan Kubrat, but was later possibly baptised by the Byzantine clergy. Tervel played an important role in defeating the Arabs during the siege of Constantinople in 717–718. The Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans states that Tervel belonged to the Dulo clan and reigned for 21 years. The testimony of the source and some later traditions allow identifying Tervel as the son of Asparukh."
tagline: "Bulgarian ruler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tervel_of_Bulgaria.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
deathDate: "721"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.6
  momentum:             1.380359349748075
  historical:           20.64835333333334
  currentAttention:     0.4145936981757877
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_da_Bulg%C3%A1ria"
    title: "Tervel da Bulgária"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "تيرفيل ملك بلغاريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "تيرفيل ملك بلجاريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ترول خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_xan"
    title: "Tervel xan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Тервел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel"
    title: "Tervel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel"
    title: "Tervel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terwel_von_Bulgarien"
    title: "Terwel von Bulgarien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B5%CE%BB"
    title: "Τέρβελ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_of_Bulgaria"
    title: "Tervel of Bulgaria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervelo"
    title: "Tervelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel"
    title: "Tervel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_(%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7)"
    title: "ترول (فرمانروا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_(khan)"
    title: "Tervel (khan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel"
    title: "Tervel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%9C_(%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94)"
    title: "טרבל (שליט בולגריה)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_bolg%C3%A1r_k%C3%A1n"
    title: "Tervel bolgár kán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_dari_Bulgaria"
    title: "Tervel dari Bulgaria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_di_Bulgaria"
    title: "Tervel di Bulgaria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "ტერველი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_(%D0%A8%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8B)"
    title: "Тервел (Шумен облысы)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Тервел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_(persoon)"
    title: "Tervel (persoon)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terwe%C5%82"
    title: "Terweł"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump