Abulchares[a] (Greek: Αβουλχαρέ, Latin: Apochara; died 1068) was a Byzantine general of Arab origin who served as the catepan of Italy[b] from 1064 until his death.
His task was to travel about Apulia shoring up the defences of the scattered towns still loyal to the Byzantines.
[4] In 1066 an army was sent to Italy under Maurex and by 1067 he had recaptured the Norman-occupied cities of Brindisi and Taranto.
Nikephoros Karantenos, the strategos who defended Brindisi from the Normans in 1070, may have been one of Abulchares' appointees.
There is no other record of a catepan of this name, and it may be an error for Abulchares, who was already dead when the siege began.