Boniak
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(1096) Boniak, Bonyak or Maniac, also known as Boniak the Mangy (Old Church Slavonic: Бонякъ Шолудивый; ; ), was "one of the most prominent Cuman chieftains" in the late and the early . He headed a powerful Cuman tribe or clan that inhabited the steppes to west of the Dnieper River. He supported the Byzantines against the Pechenegs in the Battle of Levounion in 1091. He defeated Coloman, King of Hungary in 1097 or 1099.
(1096)]] Boniak, Bonyak or Maniac, also known as Boniak the Mangy (Old Church Slavonic: Бонякъ Шолудивый; ; ), was "one of the most prominent Cuman chieftains" in the late and the early . He headed a powerful Cuman tribe or clan that inhabited the steppes to west of the Dnieper River. He supported the Byzantines against the Pechenegs in the Battle of Levounion in 1091. He defeated Coloman, King of Hungary in 1097 or 1099.
See also
Könchek (Cuman)
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