Abu Sa`id 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 840 (taq) / 841 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history); Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, La chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris, 1899-1904) (chronicle) |
Sent by the caliph Al-Mutasim 1 to raid the lands of the Romans, Abu Sa`id 1 encountered Nasir (see Theophobos 1) and killed him and many of his Kurdish followers: Mich. Syr. III 96, Bar Hebr., p. 138. In the year 1152 Sel. (840/841) he led another raid into the lands of the Romans and took many prisoners but was overtaken on the way back and lost them all: Mich. Syr. III 102, Bar Hebr., p. 139.
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