Khalid 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 751 (taq) / 755 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | K'ld br `'ky |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Anzitene; Edessa (Syria) (residence); Edessa (Syria); Armenia |
| Titles | Ruler, Edessa (office) |
| 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); Chronique de Denys de Tell-Mahré, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot (Paris, 1895); tr. A. Palmer, The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles (Liverpool, 1993), pp. 54-65 (chronicle) |
Khalid 3 was the son of Aakhi (= Akai 1); he was the ruler of Edessa; in c. 751, when the Romans under Constantine V (Konstantinos 7) invaded Armenia; he led an Arab army against them; he was defeated and fled and many of his troops were killed; after this the Romans laid waste Armenia and exiled the inhabitants to Roman territory: Chron. 1234, §183 (p. 337) (dated in year 1063 Sel., i.e. AD 751/752).
An unnamed son of Akai 1 (Ibn Akai), he was sent by his father in the year 1066 Sel. (AD 754/755) with an army against Kusan 1 who had attacked the land of Hanzit (Anzitene); he ignored the advice of his senior officers and joined battle precipitately and without due consideration, anticipating a victory with glory and plunder; instead he was defeated, his army was destroyed, and only he and a few others with horses made their escape; instead of fame he acquired shame for himself and his family: Pseudo-Dion., Chron., pp. 208, 21-210, 2 = pp. 162ff.
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