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Asparuh Аспарух | |
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Khan of Bulgaria | |
Monument in Strelcha, Bulgaria | |
Khan of Bulgaria | |
Reign | 681–701 |
Predecessor | Kubrat |
Successor | Tervel |
Born | around 640 |
Died | 701 Dnieper River |
Issue | Tervel Ajjar |
House | Dulo |
Father | Kubrat |
Religion | Tengrism |
Asparuh (also Ispor; Bulgarian: Аспарух, romanized: Asparuh or (rarely) Bulgarian: Исперих, romanized: Isperih) was а ruler of Bulgars in the second half of the 7th century and is credited with the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681.[1]