Nashif 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | E |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 860 (taq) / 861 (tpq) |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history) |
Nashif 1 was a eunuch; he was sent by the caliph al-Mutawwakil 1 as envoy to the empress Theodora 2 to negotiate for peace and the exchange of prisoners, after the Roman conquest of the district of Anazarbos in the year 1172 Sel. (860/861); he set out to return with the prisoners but they were allegedly all murdered (see Nikolaos 84): Bar Hebr., p. 142.
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