Tatar army devastates Bulgarian lands

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Tatar army devastates Bulgarian lands

Year: 1282
Location: North-eastern Bulgaria

A Tatar army of forty thousand horsemen devastated north-eastern Bulgarian lands. The Byzantine emperor had summoned the Tatars to Thrace to counter the anti-Byzantine alliance. An uprising against Charles of Anjou that broke out in southern Italy in the spring of the same year brought an end to the coalition he had organised.