Amr 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 663 (taq) / 675 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Titles | Commander of the Arabs (office) |
| 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) |
Amr 4 was an arab general, said in some accounts (not specified by Tabari) to have led the winter campaign into Byzantine territory in AH 55 (Dec. 674/Nov. 675); three others were named as the leader in other accounts, viz. Sufyan b. Awf al-Azdi (Sufyan 1), `Abdallah b. Qays al-Fazari (Abdullah 2) and Malik b. `Abdallah al-Khath`ami (Malik 4): Tabari XVIII, p. 180. Amr 4 is also mentioned as an army commander in Iraq in 663/664 (AH 43) in the struggle against the Kharijites: Tabari XVIII, p. 68 (named as `Amr b. Muhriz b. Shihab al-Sa`di al-Minqari).
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