Cumans and Tatars : Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365 (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Cumans and the second Bulgarian empire; 3. Cumans in the Balkans before the Tatar conquest, 1241; 4. The first period of Tatar influence in the Balkans, 1242?82; 5. The heyday of Tatar influence in the Balkans, 1280?1301; 6. Cumans and Tatars on the Serbian scene; 7. Cumans in Byzantine service after the Tatar conquest, 1242?1333; 8. The Tatars fade away from Bulgaria and Byzantium, 1320?54; 9. The emergence of two Romanian principalities in Cumania, 1330, 1364; Conclusion; Appendices; List of abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.