ЕДНО МНЕНИЕ ЗА НАДПИСА НА ИЧИРГУ БОИЛА МОСТИЧ И СИТУАЦИЯТА В БЪЛГАРИЯ ПРЕЗ ВТОРАТА ПОЛОВИНА ОТ 20-ТЕ ГОДИНИ НА Х ВЕК
AN OPINION ON THE INSCRIPTIONS OF ICHIRGU BOILA MOSTICH AND THE SITUATION IN BULGARIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20s OF 10 CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The article once again analyzes the information in the tombstone inscription of Ichirgu Boila Mostich from the 10th century, found in the Outer City of Veliki Preslav. The author rejects the hypothesis that Mostich from the inscription and George Sursuvul known from the Byzantine historical writings are the same person. The study suggests the idea that the chronological instruction in the inscription “under Tsar Simeon and Tsar Peter” actually illustrates the situation from the last years of Simeon’s rule when he formally shared power with his second son Peter and specifically the time when Mostich was discharged from his top state position. Looking at the information in the inscription from this point of view and combining it with the information from Chapter 32 of Constantine Porphyrogenitos’ work, it is pointed out that the partial failure of the military expedition to the northwest became a strong reason for Tsar Simeon to remove from the political scene two influential, but unsuitable persons (the heir to the throne Michael and Ichirgu Boila Mostich), having in mind the compromise course taken in 924 in the relations with Byzantium.

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