Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nhengo yekutanga inozivikanwa yemhuri, Constantine Gabras, akapinda mukumukira kwaBardas Skleros muna 976<unk>979 uye akaurayiwa muhondo muna 979. A "patrikios" Gabras anooneka muna 1018, uyo akapofumadzwa nokuda kwekurangana pamwe chete neBulgaria Elemag kudzorera munguva pfupi yapfuura yakaderedzwa
Umambo hweBulgaria; zvisinei, hazvina kujeka kuti ukama hwake neChaldian Gabrades ndehwupi, kana kuti angave ari munhu anokudzwa weBulgaria. Muna 1040, mumwe Michael Gabras aiva mumwe wevatungamiri vechirongwa chakakundikana chevanhu vakakurumbira vaipesana naConstantine, mukoma waMambo Michael IV (r. 1034<unk>1041). Iyewo akapofumadzwa pamwe chete navamwe vake vakarangana.