Anonymus 566 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 717 (taq) / 717 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Constantinople |
| Occupation | Commander |
| Textual Sources | Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle) |
Anonymus 566 was an Arab commander sent with troops by the caliph Omar II (Omar 2) to join Maslama 1 in 717 at the siege of Constantinople; Anonymus 566 had instructions to report on the true condition of the besieging army under Maslama 1, and his report that the letters of Maslama 1 gave an optimistic picture and did not correspond with the true situation led Omar 2 to order the abandonment of the siege: Chron. 1234, ยง161 (p. 306).
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