Ashkirash 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 750 (taq) / 750 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 648 |
| Locations | Constantinople; Armeniakoi; Melitene (Armenia); Armeniakoi (officeplace) |
| Titles | Strategos, Armeniakoi (office) |
| 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) |
Ashkirash 1 is described as "captain of the host of the Armaniko" (presumably strategos of the Armeniakoi), Ashkirash 1 went from Constantinople and attacked Melitene and plundered the district around: Mich. Syr. II 506, Bar Hebr., p. 112. The date was apparently around the time of the overthrow of the caliph Marwan II (Marwan 2), i.e. c. 750.
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