Terteroba

The Terter clan or Terteroba (Rus: Ter'trobiči), was a Cuman tribe, part of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation.

Etymology

Terter is derived from a tributary of the Kura River in the Southern Caucasus.[1]

History

The tribe had ruled the steppe proto-state of Cumania in the late 11th century.

In the 1220s they were led by Köten, a khan of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation.

Migration to the Kingdom of Hungary

During the Mongol invasion, the surviving Cuman tribes sought refuge in the Kingdom of Hungary (1238). The Cuman tribes adopted Christianity in return for protection.[2] According to Hungarian sources, the Cuman tribes included the Chertan, Ulasoba, Burcoba (Burcevici), Kolaba, and Köten's tribe, the Terteroba.

Terter in Bulgaria

Main article: Terter dynasty

According to Plamen Pavlov the Terter dynasty was a branch of the Cuman noble dynasty of Terteroba who had settled in Bulgaria as part of the second wave of Cuman migration, coming from the Kingdom of Hungary after 1241.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peter B. Golden (2003). Nomads and Their Neighbours in the Russian Steppe: Turks, Khazars and Qipchaqs. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-86078-885-0.
  2. ↑ James Louis Garvin; Franklin Henry Hooper; Warren E. Cox (1929). The Encyclopedia britannica. The Encyclopedia Britannica Company, ltd.
  3. ↑ Павлов, Пламен (2005). ""Авантюристът-скит" Алдимир и Теодор Светослав". Бунтари и авантюристи в средновековна България (in Bulgarian). Варна: LiterNet.
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