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Yanuka

Ban Yanuka, was the Bulgarian defender of Sofia from the Ottoman Turks in the late 14th century and was the manager/deputy of the Tsar Ivan Shishman in Sredets. It is quite possible in the person of the "ban Yanko".

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Ban Yanuka (Bulgarian: Бан Янука),1 was the Bulgarian defender of Sofia from the Ottoman Turks in the late 14th century and was the manager/deputy of the Tsar Ivan Shishman in Sredets.2 It is quite possible in the person of the "ban Yanko".3

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  1. Иванов, Йордан (1982). Избрани произведения, том I, Средновековна София, Литература, история, фолклор, София (in Bulgarian). Литература и изкуство.
  2. Хилендарски, Паисий (1760–1762). История славянобългарска (in Bulgarian).
  3. Ангелов, Владимир (2007). Българите и техните съседи на Балканите във византийската историопис от XV век, София (in Bulgarian). ТАНГРА ТанНакРа. ISBN 978-954-378-017-4.