Abas 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 708 (taq) / 713 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 5 |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Garis; Antioch (Pisidia); Tyana (Cappadocia) |
| Occupation | Commander, arabs |
| Textual Sources | Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, La chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris, 1899-1904) (chronicle); Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Abas 1 was an arab army commander; in 708 he and Maslama 1 attacked Tyana; they laid siege to it during the winter and after defeating a Roman army sent against them eventually captured it: Theoph. AM 6201. According to Nicephorus, the general who accompanied Maslama on this occasion was called Sulayman; cf. Sulayman 4. In the following year Abas 1 attacked the Roman empire (τὴν Ῥωμανίαν) and returned with many prisoners; he then began to build the fort of Garis near Heliopolis: Theoph. AM 6202. In 713 he again invaded the empire; he captured Antioch in Pisidia and took a large number of prisoners before returning home: Theoph. AM 6205, Mich. Syr. II 479 (identified as the son of Walid 1). Possibly identical with Abas 2, the son of Walid 1.
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