Hajduk Dimitar Nikolov

Dimitar Nikolov Stoynov, known by the nicknames Zaraliyata and Kodzha Ibrahim, was a Bulgarian hajduk and revolutionary who served as standard-bearer of Hadzhi Dimitar's detachment.

He was born in 1833 in the village of Karaburun, later renamed Znamenosets (Standard-Bearer) in his honour. His education was modest; he trained as a tailor and worked in Sliven and Eski Zaara. In the 1850s he was an active hajduk, operating alongside Todor Harbov and Tenyu Lyutskanov. In 1860 he left Bulgaria for Wallachia, where he joined Bulgarian revolutionary forces. In 1862 he joined the First Bulgarian Legion in Belgrade.

In 1864 he returned to Bulgaria and took command of a small detachment. In 1867 he helped prepare Hadzhi Dimitar's detachment and became its standard-bearer. After the detachment crossed the border, Dimitar Nikolov was seriously wounded and captured. Shortly afterwards he was hanged in Tarnovo.

Dimitar Nikolov Stoynov was one of the many Bulgarian hajduks and revolutionaries who fought for the Bulgarian people's freedom and independence in the nineteenth century.