Mardasan 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 718 (taq) / 718 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Merdasan |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Pylai (Bithynia); Nikaia; Nikomedeia (Bithynia) |
| 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) |
Mardasan 1 was an Arab commander, who in 718 led an Arab army from Pylai to Nikaia and Nikomedeia but was surprised by locally stationed Byzantine troops and put to flight: Theoph. AM 6209 (τοῦ Μαρδασὰν ἀπὸ Πυλῶν σὺν τῷ στρατῷ τῶν Ἀράβων).
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