Name and Titles
After the official act of conversion to Christianity Boris adopted the Christian name Michael. He is sometimes called Boris-Michael in historical research.
The only direct evidence of Boris's title are his seals and the inscription found near the town of Ballsh, modern Albania, and at Varna. There he is called by the Byzantine title "Archon of Bulgaria", which is usually translated as "ruler", and in 10-11th centuries - also as "Knyaz". In the Bulgarian sources from that period Boris I is called "Knyaz" and during the Second Bulgarian Empire - "Tsar".
In modern historiography Boris is called by different titles. Most historians accept that he changed his title after the conversion to Christianity. According to them before the baptism he had the title Han or Khan, and after that Knyaz. According to other theory the title Knyaz was used by Bulgarian rulers since the reign of Asparukh.
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