Ichirgu-boil
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The Ichirgu-boil or Chargobilya (Old Bulgarian: чрьгобыля) was a high-ranking official in the First Bulgarian Empire. He was the commander of the garrison of the capital and was the third most important person in the state after the ruler and the Kavkhan. In peace-time the ichirgu-boil had diplomatic functions.
[edit] Origin
According to Veselin Besheliev the word "ichirgu" was of Turkic-Altay origin and meant "internal", and according to others it derives from the Caucasian word "ichirho" meaning an "archer".
From one funeral inscription found during excavation works in Preslav is known the ichirgu-boil Mostich who served under the Emperors Simeon I the Great (893-927) and Peter I (927-969). An unknown ichirgu-boil is mention in the Philipi Inscription dating from the reign of Presian.
[edit] References
- Бешевлиев В., Прабългарски епиграфски паметници, Издателство на Отечествения фронт, София, 1981
