Надписът от Холъвник и въпросът за личността на първия турски управител на Никопол
The Holuvnik Inscription and the Question of the Identity of the First Turkish Governor of Nikopol

Summary/Abstract: An interesting moment in Bulgaria’s dramatic history of the late 14th с. is examined in the article. It is the question of a known but not completely deciphered epigraphic monument in Bulgarian, dated 1397–1399. In it reference is made the renovation of the fortress Holuvnik, situated on the left bank of the Danube and guarding the ford to the important town of Nikopol. The repairs were carried out on the orders of Sultan Bayazid, under the supervision of the subaşi of whose name only the first letter has survived - D. After the examination of various written sources the two authors reach the conclusion that in the text reference is made to the subaşi Dogan, the governor of Nikopol and the Uc of Nikopol who in 1396 defended the big fortress against the crusaders of King Sigismund. Another important observation is that perhaps Dogan was identical with the eminent Ottoman commander Bazarlu Dogan, participant in the campaign of the Grand Vezir Ali Paşa against Turnovo Bulgaria in 1388 and the military operations that followed.

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