predecessor successor death_date title article_title name reign
umor pagan 767 knyaz of bulgaria toktu of bulgaria
 toktu 766 -- 767
toktu of bulgaria

toktu -lrb- -rrb- was the ruler of bulgaria between 766 -- 767 .
the byzantine chronicler patriarch nikephoros records that toktu was `` a bulgarian , and a brother of bayan '' .
although this suggests that bayan was a man of some importance , nothing more is definitely known about toktu 's basis of support .
toktu is assumed to have been a member of that faction of the bulgarian nobility , which advocated a hostile policy towards the byzantine empire .
however , before toktu managed to implement any recorded policy , he was faced with a rebellion and attempted to flee the country .
unlike his predecessor sabin , toktu tried to flee northwards , but was caught and killed together with his brother bayan and their supporters near the danube .
the 17th century volga bulgar compilation `` ja ` far tarikh '' -lrb- a work of disputed authenticity -rrb- represents azan tokta -lrb- i.e. , toktu -rrb- as the son of the otherwise unattested kermek , who was a son of the former bulgarian monarch suvar -lrb- i.e. , sevar -rrb- .
