Poupakes, Turk in service of Manuel I E / M XII
Πουπάκης (Poupakes 17001)
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Description
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He was the personal bodyguard of
Ioannes 293
δορυφορῶν τὸν μέγαν δομέστικον. Niketas Choniates, Historia 83.85
A Byzantine soldier of Turkish birth, but otherwise brave and very energetic
τινα τῶν ῾Ρωμαίων στρατιωτῶν, Πέρσην μὲν τὸ γένος, ἀνδρεῖον δὲ ἄλλως καὶ πολὺ τὸ δραστήριον ἔχοντα. Kinnamos 48.2-3
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Turkish (Persian)
Πέρσην μὲν τὸ γένος. Kinnamos 48.2
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Kinship
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nephew of
Sulayman 17002
ἀδελφιδοῦς. Kinnamos 196.13-14
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Location
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Anchialos
from Anchialos he was able to help
Andronikos 1
as he fled to Russia τῆς Ἀγχιάλου. Niketas Choniates, Historia 130.79
Kerkyra
he was first to climb the scaling ladder at Kerkyra Κορυφώ. Kinnamos 83.83-86, 130.79-81
Tzibritze (Phrygia)
he was often at
Manuel 1
's side in the battle of Tzibritze Τζιβρηλιτζημανί. Kinnamos 48.2-9
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Eunuchs
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