Battle of the Rishki Pass

The Battle of the Rishki Pass (Bulgarian: Битката при Ришкия проход) or Battle of Veregava took place in the pass of the same name, in Stara Planina, Bulgaria in 759. It was fought between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire. The result was a Bulgarian victory.[1][2]

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Battle of the Rishki Pass
Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
Date759
Location
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Vinekh Constantine V[1]
  1. ^ a b Rise and Fall of the First Bulgarian Empire - Zenith of Bulgaria and Serbia - Turkish Conquest. In: Cambridge Medieval History, vol. IV, chaps. VIII - XVII - XVIII.
  2. ^ Miller, William. The Rise and Fall of the First Bulgarian Empire.