Sabinos 1 was the ruler of the Bulgars from 765 to 767; for the dates, see Grumel, Chronologie, p. 388. Son-in-law of Kormesios 1 (former ruler of the Bulgars): Theoph. AM 6254 (Σαβῖνον, γαμβρὸν ὄντα Κορμεσίου). One of the leaders of the Bulgars, he was appointed as their ruler after the murder of Telets 1 in 765 (Theophanes gives 763) (κύριον αὑτῶν καθιστῶσιν ἕνα τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀρχόντων τυγχάνοντα, ᾧ Σαβῖνος ὑπῆρχεν ὄνομα: Nic. Brev. de Boor 70, Mango 77:2-4); he promptly sent envoys for peace to the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7), but was opposed by the Bulgars and fled to the emperor: Nic. Brev. de Boor 70, Mango 77, Theoph. AM 6254, cf. Nic., Antirrheticus III, 508 (after a civil war among the "Scythians" (i.e., the Bulgars) he fled to the Romans - ὁ δὴ καὶ τηνικαῦτα ὁ τούτων κύριος ἐπιβουλευόμενος πέπονθε, Σαβῖνος ὄνομα ἦν αὐτῷ, καὶ φυγὰς πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἀπῴχετο). He was deposed and succeeded by Paganos 1 (it was in fact Toktos 1 who was deposed and succeeded by Paganos 1): Theoph. AM 6254 (ἔστησαν δὲ οἱ Βούλγαροι ἕτερον κύριον ἑαυτῶν, ὀνόματι Παγάνον). In 772 (Theophanes gives 765) Sabinos 1 was with Konstantinos 7 when the latter met the Bulgars under Paganos 1 and they submitted to the Romans: Nic. Brev. de Boor 70, Mango 77, Theoph. AM 6256. He is said to have appointed Oumar 1 as ruler of the Bulgars: Nic. Brev. de Boor 70, Mango 79 (this was in 767, see Oumar 1). See Runciman, First Bulgarian Empire, p. 39. Cf. also Rochow, Theophanes, p. 181.

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