Abu Abd ar-Rahman 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VII |
| Dates | 666 (taq) / 669 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Antioch |
| Textual Sources | 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 47 (March 667/Feb. 668) Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Qayni (Abu Abd ar-Rahman 1) led the winter campaign against Antakiyah: Tabari XVIII, p. 91. In AH 48 (Feb. 668/ Feb. 669) he led the winter campaign against Antakiyah: Tabari XVIII, p. 93. Antakiyah was normally Antioch in Syria, but this was by this date presumably already subject to Arab rule (unless the Byzantines had staged a recovery); could the reference here be to Antioch in Pisidia? Are these apparently two winter campaigns in fact one and the same campaign, perhaps in Jan./March 668?
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