Pech 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| Dates | 833 (taq) / 833 (tpq) |
| Ethnicity | Khazar |
| Locations | Khazaria; Sarkel |
| Titles | Pech (office) |
| Textual Sources | Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history) |
Ὁ Πέχ; it is not clear if this is a name or a title; possibly in c. 833 Pech 1 and the khagan of Khazaria (Anonymus 197) sent envoys to the emperor Theophilos 5 asking for the stronghold of Sarkel on the Don to be fortified; Theophilos 5 sent Petronas 7 to carry out the task: Theoph. Cont. III 28 (p. 122), cf. Const. Porph., DAI 42, 27ff. (ὁ γὰρ χαγάνος ἐκεῖνος καὶ ὁ πὲχ Χαζαρίας). He was perhaps one of the leaders of the Khazars. See Dunlop, Jewish Khazars.
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