Muhammad 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 672 (taq) / 674 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 5188* |
| Variant Names | Mouamed |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Constantinople; Smyrna (Asia) |
| Titles | Commander of the Arabs (office) |
| Textual Sources | Tabari, al-, Ta'rikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, ed. M.-J. de Goeje et al., 15 vols. (Leiden 1879-1901); Eng tr. The History of al-Tabari, general editor E. Yar-Shater, 39 vols. (New York, 1985-) (history); 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) |
Son of Abdelas (Abdullah 1) (Μουάμεδ ὁ τοῦ Ἀβδελᾶ), Muhammad 1 was one of the leaders of an Arab naval expedition mounted in 673/674 against Constantinople (the other leader was Qays 1); he wintered at Smyrna: Theoph. AM 6164. Possibly identical with Muhammad b. `Abdallah al-Thaqifi, who, according to some sources not specified by Tabari, led the summer raid into Byzantine territory in AH 52 (Jan./Dec. 672): Tabari XVIII, p. 165. Cf. also Chaleb 1.
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