„Изгубената“ част от Именника на българските ханове (VIII век) (Ново тълкуване на царската хроника)
The “Lost” Part of the Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans (8th C) (A new interpretation of the chronicle of rulers)

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to one of the most valuable Old Bulgarian chronicles related to the history of Bulgaria in the Early Middle Ages and known to science as Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans (8th C). The study mainly focuses on two problems: the origin of the chronicle’s text and the historical information it contains. In relation to this, it also discusses the ancient Bulgar cyclic calendar used by the author(s) of the royal chronicle. An essential outcome of the study is the ‘deciphering’ of the years (of birth, ascension to the throne and death) of the remarkable Bulgarian rulers Khan Kubrat (635–662), Khan Asparouh, Khan Tervel (700/701–724/725) and Tsar Simeon the Great, who was born in 867/868 and who ruled from 893 to 927. The connection between the Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans and the ideology and traditions of Bulgaria in the Early Middle Ages (7th – 10th C) is underscored in conclusion.

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