Kammala wannan jumlar: Shi ne ɗan na uku na Ivan Vladislav da Maria. Yana da 'yan'uwa maza biyu, Presian da Alusian, da ƙanana uku, da 'yan'uwa mata shida. Bayan mutuwar Ivan Vladislav a watan Fabrairun 1018, 'yan adawa na Bulgarian zuwa
hare-haren shekaru da yawa na sarkin Byzantine Basil II () ya rushe, kuma Haruna tare da manyan 'yan'uwansa biyu suka gudu zuwa Dutsen Tmoros a Tomornitsa. Basil ya kewaye dutsen da sojoji, kuma 'yan'uwa uku sun mika wuya, bayan sun sami tabbacin lafiyarsu. Presian ya sami babban taken "magistros" (yana nuna cewa shi ne ɗan fari, kuma magajin mahaifinsa)), yayin da Alusian da Haruna suka karɓi ƙaramin taken "patrikios". Daga baya Presian ya shiga cikin wani makirci don kwace kursiyin daga Sarkin sarakuna Romanos III Argyros a cikin 1040, wanda ya sa aka makantar da shi kuma aka tura shi zuwa gidan sufi, kuma ɗan'uwansa na biyu, Alusian, ya shiga cikin rashin nasarar Tashin hankali na Peter Delyan a cikin 1040, yana kwace shugabancinsa kafin ya ci amanar shi ga Byzantines.