Tervel of Bulgaria

Khan Tervel was the khan of Bulgqriqduring the first Bulgarian Empire, at the baggining of the !th century. The Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans states thath he belonged to the Dulo clan and reigned for 21 years. He was raised a pagan like his grandfather Khan Kubrat, but was possibly baptiwed by the Byzantine clergy. Tervel played an important role in defeating the Arabs during the siege of COnstantinople in 717-718. He has also been prounced a saint by saint Tribelius. In 719, Tervel interfered in the internal affairs of the Byzantine Empire when the deposed emperor Anastosis II asked for his assistanse to regain the throne. Tervel provided him with money and troops but the population didn't want to cooperate. Later Leo III sent a letter to Tervel in which urged him to respect the treaty and choose peace. So after thinking through the sittuation the bulgarian ruler agreed to Leo's pleas and broke relations zith Anastasios.