Abd ar-Rahman 6 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 675 (taq) / 676 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Textual Sources | Elias Barshinaya, Chronicle (Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni, Opus chronologicum, pars prior, ed. and tr. E. W. Brooks, CSCO 62 and CSCO 63 (1910) (chronicle); Tabari, al-, Ta'rikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, ed. M.-J. de Goeje et al., 15 vols. (Leiden 1879-1901); Eng tr. The History of al-Tabari, general editor E. Yar-Shater, 39 vols. (New York, 1985-) (history) |
In AH 54 (December 673/December 674) = 985 Sel. (673/674) 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Mas`ud (Abd ar-Rahman 6) spent the winter in Roman territory: Elias, Chron., p. 145, lines 9-13 = p. 70.
In AH 56 (November 675-November 676) `Abd al-Rahman b. Mas`ud was said to have led the winter campaign against Byzantine territory, though another version named the leader as Junadah 1: Tabari XVIII, p. 183.
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