- and the
capital of
their state during the
ninth century.
Later called Tephrike (Gr****: Τεφρική) it was
recaptured by the
Byzantine Empire during the reign...
- The Prin****lity of
Tephrike was a
medieval Paulician prin****lity on the
territory of
historical Tephrike (present-day Divriği, Turkey). In 843, the Byzantine...
- "goldhand", was the
second and last
leader of the
Paulician prin****lity of
Tephrike from 863 to his
death in
either 872 or 878.
According to the Byzantine...
-
establish a
state centered on
Tephrike in the
Armenian borderlands under Arab protection.
After prolonged warfare, the
state of
Tephrike was destro**** by the Byzantines...
- which—****cuted by the
Byzantine state—had
established a
separate prin****lity at
Tephrike on Byzantium's
eastern border and
collaborated with the
Muslim emirates...
-
campaigned with
mixed results in
Italy but
defeated the
Paulicians of
Tephrike. His
successor Leo VI (r. 886–912)
compiled and
propagated a huge number...
- po****ting
another border region. The Paulicians,
whose power centre was
Tephrike, were
heavily ****cuted
after the
restoration of
icons as they were deemed...
- (Byzantine Theodosiopolis,
modern Erzurum); and the
Paulician prin****lity of
Tephrike, led by Karbeas.
Melitene in
particular was a
major concern as its location...
- 872 or 878/9,
Christopher led an
expedition against the
Paulicians of
Tephrike,
comprising the
forces of the
Charsianon and
Armeniakon themes. The campaign...
- emir of Melitene, Umar al-Aqta, he
founded the
Paulician prin****lity of
Tephrike,
which he
ruled until his
death in 863.
During this
period he parti****ted...
