The Terter clan or Terteroba (Rus: Ter'trobiči), was a Cuman tribe, part of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation.
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Etymology
Terter is derived from a tributary of the Kura River in the Southern Caucasus.
History
The tribe had ruled the steppe proto-state of Cumania in the late 11th century.
In the 1220s they were led by Köten, a khan of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation.
Migration to the Kingdom of Hungary
During the Mongol invasion, the surviving Cuman tribes sought refuge in the Kingdom of Hungary (1238). The Cuman tribes adopted Christianity in return for protection. According to Hungarian sources, the Cuman tribes included the Chertan, Ulasoba, Burcoba (Burcevici), Kolaba, and Köten's tribe, the Terteroba.
Terter in Bulgaria
According to Plamen Pavlov the Terter dynasty was a branch of the Cuman noble dynasty of Terteroba who had settled in Bulgaria as part of the second wave of Cuman migration, coming from the Kingdom of Hungary after 1241.