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Tervel
Tervel was khan of Bulgaria from about 700 to about 721, the son and successor of Asparuh. In 705 he helped the deposed emperor Justinian II regain the Byzantine throne, receiving the title of caesar and a territory south of the Balkan mountains. In 717–718 he sent forces that helped Byzantium break the Arab siege of Constantinople.
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