Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukuwirirana nevaBulgaria nevaVlachs, vaCuman vanofungidzirwa kuti vakaita basa rinokosha mu
kumukira kwaitungamirirwa nehama Asen naPeter veTarnovo, kwakaguma nokukunda Byzantium uye kudzorerwa kwokuzvimiririra kweBulgaria muna 1185. István Vásáry anoti pasina kutora chikamu kwevaCuman, vapanduki veVlakho-Bulgaria vangadai vasina kumbobvira vawana simba pamusoro pevaByzantine, uye pakupedzisira pasina rutsigiro rwemauto rwevaCuman, maitiro ekudzoreredzwa kweBulgaria angadai asina kumboitika. Kubatanidzwa kweCuman mukusikwa kweHumambo hweChipiri hweBulgaria muna 1185 uye gare gare kwakaunza shanduko dzakakosha mune zvematongerwo enyika nedzinza reBulgaria neBalkan. VaCuman vaive mubatanidzwa muhondo dzeBulgaria-Latin naEmperor Kaloyan weBulgaria. Muna 1205, paHondo yeAdrianople (1205), 14 000 yevaCuman vakatasva mabhiza akareruka vakabatsira Kaloyan kukunda kukunda maLatin Crusaders. Mauto evanhu vokuCuman akaramba achishandiswa nevaBulgaria nevaByzantine muzana remakore rechi13 nerechi14.