In Bulgarian historiography, the Bulgarian lands across the Danube, also called Transdanubian Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Отвъддунавска България), refer to territories under the control of the Bulgarian Empire north of the Danube. These territories today cover the territory of Romania and Moldova, eastern Hungary, Vojvodina in Serbia and Budjak in Ukraine.[1][2][3]
In the Middle Ages the Bulgarian Empire controlled vast areas to the north of the river Danube (with interruptions) from its establishment in 681 to its fragmentation in 1371-1422. These lands were called by contemporary Byzantine historians Bulgaria across the Danube. [4] Original information for the centuries-old Bulgarian rule there is scarce as the archives of the Bulgarian rulers were destroyed and little is mentioned for this area in Byzantine or Hungarian manuscripts.
- ^ THE ROLE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE SO-CALLED "TRANSDANUBIAN BULGARIA", in Bulgarian; Vasilka Tăpkova-Zaimova
- ^ POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF MEDIEVAL BULGARIA. PART ONE FROM 681 TO 1018; Peter Koledarov
- ^ Political geography of the mediaeval Bulgarian state. Part II. From 1186 to 1396; Peter Koledarov
- ^ Трансилванските (седмиградските) българи. Етнос. Език. Етнонимия. Ономастика. Просопографии — Сто години след Любомир Милетич в Седмиградско