Hajduk Karabadzhak

Karabadzhak Haydut, also known as the Black-Legged, whose real name was Beno Parvanov Panteleev, was a Bulgarian hajduk voivode.

His father, Parvan Panteleev, died in the fighting between Greek members of the Filiki Eteria and Turkish troops near the Prut River in 1821. Beno Parvanov joined Tseko Voyvoda's hajduk band as a fighter. In 1848 he served in the cavalry of the Romanian general Magheru in the struggle for Romania's freedom. The following year he settled in Serbia, and in 1850 he helped prepare an uprising in his native region. When the uprising was proclaimed, he joined the insurgents' fighting near the village of Gartsi.

As a member of Captain Pavel Gramadov's force, he fought in the Crimean War. For the qualities he displayed, he was promoted to ensign. For capturing a British officer and being wounded, he received the Cross of Saint George for bravery and a sabre from the command.

In 1862 he participated in the fighting at Belgrade Fortress as a member of Georgi Rakovski's Legion. He joined the War of Liberation in the ranks of Dyado Tseko's warriors and lived to see Bulgaria's Liberation.