# Mostich

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{{for|the village in [Shumen Province](/source/Shumen_Province), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)|Mostich (village)}}
[[File:The inscription of Mostich.JPG|thumb|200px|Redrawing of the epitaph of Mostich, with the first ever reference to the title "[Tsar](/source/Tsar)" highlighted.<ref>Kodeks - The German Medieval Slavistics Server. [http://kodeks.uni-bamberg.de/AKSL/Quellen/MosticInscriptionReconstr.htm Mostič Inscription from Preslav, Bulgaria- Reconstructed, S. Kempgen, 2014.]</ref>]]
thumb|200px|The tomb stone of Mostich

'''Mostich''' ({{langx|bg|Мостич}}, [Old Bulgarian](/source/Old_Church_Slavonic): <small>МОСТИЧЬ</small>) was a high-ranking official in the 10th-century [First Bulgarian Empire](/source/First_Bulgarian_Empire), during the rule of [Simeon I](/source/Simeon_I_of_Bulgaria) and [Peter I](/source/Peter_I_of_Bulgaria). He bore the title of [Ichirgu-boil](/source/Ichirgu-boil) and was most likely the commander of the state capital [Preslav](/source/Preslav)'s garrison.

Mostich is known from the 10th-century Old Bulgarian inscription  on his [tombstone](/source/tombstone), found in a church (now known as "Mostich's Church") in the Selishte area of Preslav, then the [inner city](/source/inner_city) of the Bulgarian capital. The tombstone was discovered in 1952 by Professor Stancho Vaklinov and is preserved in the [National Archaeological Museum](/source/National_Archaeological_Museum_(Bulgaria)).

The inscription is Mostich's [epitaph](/source/epitaph), indicating that he was buried in the church: his remains were also found, revealing that he was relatively short (165–170 cm). The text is notable for being one of the earliest sources mentioning the title "Цѣсарь"<ref>[http://histdict.uni-sofia.bg/oldbgdict/oldbg_show/d_10715/ Entry for Tsesar in Old-bulgarian dictionary]</ref> ("[Tsesar](/source/Tsar)"<ref>Станислав Станилов, Българската монархия през средните векове, Класика и стил, 2003, {{ISBN|9549964949}}, p. 69.</ref>).

It reads as follows:

{{cquote|сьде лежитъ мо-<br>
стичь чрьгоубъɪ-<br>
ля бъɪвъɪи при<br>
сумеонѣ ц︢ри<br>
и при петрѣ ц︢ри<br>
ос(м)иѭ же десѧ-<br>
ть лѣтъ съɪ оста-<br>
вивъ чрьгоубъɪлъ-<br>
ство ї вьсе їмѣн-<br>
иѥ бъɪстъ чрьнори-<br>
зьць ї въ томь съ-<br>
връши жизнь своѭ.<ref>Ст. Станчев, В. Иванова, М. Балан, П. Боев, Надписът на Чъргубиля Мостич, Българска Академия на Науките, 1955, стр. 8.</ref>}}

{{cquote|Here lies Mostich, who was [ichirgu-boil](/source/ichirgu-boil) in the time of Tsar Simeon and Tsar Peter. At age of 80, leaving his post and property behind, he became a monk and so finished his life.<ref>Kiril Petkov, The Voices of Medieval Bulgaria, Seventh-Fifteenth Century: The Records of a Bygone Culture, East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, BRILL, 2008, {{ISBN|9047433750}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=d0OwCQAAQBAJ&dq=mostich+inscription+tzar&pg=PA38 pp. 49-50].</ref>}}

[Mostich Hill](/source/Mostich_Hill) on [Rugged Island](/source/Rugged_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)) in the [South Shetland Islands](/source/South_Shetland_Islands), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica) is named after Mostich.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url= http://www.libsu.uni-sofia.bg/slavica/Mostichspecimina.html |title= Надпис на чъргубиля Мостич от 10 век |publisher= Bibliotheca Slavica |date= 2008-07-27 |language= Bulgarian}}
* {{cite web |url= http://www.museum-preslav.com/inscription.html |title= Надгробен надпис на Мостич — втора четвърт на Х век /копие/ |date= 2018-08-18 |publisher= Музей Преслав |language= Bulgarian }}

Category:10th-century deaths
Category:10th-century Bulgarian people
Category:Medieval Bulgarian military personnel
Category:Medieval Bulgarian nobility
Category:Old Bulgarian inscriptions
Category:People from Veliki Preslav
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Preslav

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