Azar 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E VIII |
Dates | 703 (taq) / 703 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 8596 |
Ethnicity | Arab |
Locations | Cilicia |
Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Azar 1 was the commander of an Arab army; in 703 he invaded Cilicia with ten thousand troops and was defeated by Heraklios 2: Theoph. AM 6195.
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