Tags: Monarch.
Almış iltäbär (Almysh Elteber Almish Yiltawar pronounced [ʌlˈmɯʃ] fl. end of 9th century – beginning of 10th) was the first Muslim ruler (emir) of Volga Bulgaria.Almış was a son of Şilki ([ʃilˈki]). He was a ruler of one of the Bulgar duchies probably the Bolghar Duchy. Initially a vassal of the Khazars he struggled for independence and unification of all Bulgar tribes and duchies. He sent ambassadors to the Baghdad caliph.
