Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sunan farko da aka sani na dangi, Constantine Gabras, ya shiga cikin tawayen Bardas Skleros na 976<unk>979, kuma an kashe shi a yaƙi a 979. A "patrikios" Gabras ya bayyana a cikin 1018, wanda aka makantar da shi don yin makirci tare da Elemag na Bulgaria don dawo da kwanan nan da aka yi nasara
Daular Bulgaria; ba a bayyana ba, duk da haka, menene alaƙar sa da Chaldian Gabrades, ko kuma ko zai iya zama masarautar Bulgaria. A cikin 1040, wani Michael Gabras yana ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin wani makircin aristocratic da ya gaza a kan Makarantar Makarantun Constantine, ɗan'uwan Sarki Michael IV (r. 1034<unk>1041) Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Shi ma ya makance tare da 'yan'uwansa masu ƙulla maƙarƙashiya.