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The Byzantine chronicler Patriarch Nikephoros records that Toktu was "a Bulgarian, and a brother of Bayan". Although this suggests that Bayan was a man of some importance, nothing more is definitely known about Toktu's basis of support. Toktu is assumed to have been a member of that faction of the Bulgarian nobility, which advocated a hostile policy towards the Byzantine Empire . However, before Toktu managed to implement any recorded policy, he was faced with a rebellion and attempted to flee the country. Unlike his predecessor Sabin , Toktu tried to flee northwards, but was caught and killed together with his brother Bayan and their supporters near the Danube . The 17th Century Volga Bulgar compilation ''Ja'far Tarikh'' (a work of disputed authenticity) represents Azan Tokta (i.e., Toktu) as the son of the otherwise unattested Kermek, who was a son of the former Bulgarian monarch Suvar (i.e., Sevar Of Bulgaria ). REFERENCES
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