Masgad 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII/IX
PmbZ No.4867
EthnicityArab
TitlesBasilikos spatharios (dignity)
Seal SourcesKonstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07)

Masgad 1 was a basilikos spatharios; owner of a seal of uncertain date, possibly eighth or ninth century: Konstantopoulos, JIAN 9, 533e. The name and title read: Μασγὰδ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ ...; he was perhaps an Arab, to judge by his name.

(Publishable link for this person: )