Kanasubigi

E561924

Kanasubigi is an ancient Bulgar royal title, often interpreted as a form of "ruler from God" or "sovereign by the grace of God," used by early Bulgarian khans such as Omurtag.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kanasubigi canonical 3
Kanasubigi (probable) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bulgar title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appearsOn official seals ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
associatedWith Bulgar pagan tradition ⓘ
Bulgar state ideology ⓘ
attestedInReignOf Krum ⓘ
Malamir ⓘ
Omurtag ⓘ
linked to: Khan Omurtag

Presian I ⓘ
category Bulgarian monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Bulgarian tsars

Medieval titles ⓘ
culture Bulgar ⓘ
denotes supreme ruler ⓘ
etymologyStatus disputed ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Turkology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
medieval Bulgarian history ⓘ
hasComponentInterpretation kana ⓘ
subigi ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling kanasubigi ⓘ
kanasybigi ⓘ
hasVariantTransliteration kan sybigi ⓘ
languageOfAttestation Old Bulgarian ⓘ
linked to: Church Slavonic
meaning ruler from God ⓘ
sovereign by the grace of God ⓘ
notableInscription Chatalar inscription of Omurtag ⓘ
Süleymanköy inscription ⓘ
Tarnovo inscription of Omurtag ⓘ
region Bulgaria ⓘ
relatedToTitle kanas ⓘ
khan ⓘ
linked to: Khan
religiousConnotation divine legitimation of power ⓘ
religiousContext pre-Christian Bulgaria ⓘ
scholarlyDebate origin and exact meaning of the title ⓘ
scriptOfAttestation Greek ⓘ
Old Bulgarian runic-like signs ⓘ
supersededBy Christian royal titles in Bulgaria ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ
usedAs sovereign style ⓘ
usedBy Bulgar khans ⓘ
linked to: Khan of the Bulgars

Krum ⓘ
Malamir ⓘ
Omurtag ⓘ
linked to: Khan Omurtag

Presian I ⓘ
early Bulgarian rulers ⓘ
usedIn First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khan Omurtag → title → Kanasubigi ⓘ
Kardam of Bulgaria → title → Kanasubigi (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Kanasubigi
Omurtag of Bulgaria → title → Kanasubigi ⓘ
Malamir of Bulgaria → title → Kanasubigi ⓘ