Omar 3

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE VIII
Dates716 (taq) / 717 (tpq)
Variant Names`Umar;
Oumaros
ReligionMuslim
EthnicityArab
LocationsCilicia;
Constantinople
Textual SourcesAgapius, Kitab al-`Unwan. Histoire universelle écrite par Agapius (Mahboub) de Menbidj, tr. A. A. Vasiliev, PO 8 (1912), pp. 399-547; ed. L. Cheikho, Historia universalis/Kitab al-`Unvan, CSCO 65, (history);
Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history);
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);
Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (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)

Omar 3 was son of Hubayra: Chron. 1234, §157 (p. 301), cf. Agapius, Kitab al-`Unwan (tr. Vasiliev), PO 8, p. 501 (`Amr ibn Houbairah). In 716 Omar 3 was commander of the Arab forces sent by sea in preparation for the attack on Constantinople planned by Maslama 1 for the caliph Sulayman 4; he spent the winter of 716/717 in Cilicia: Theoph. AM 6208, Chron. 1234, §157 (pp. 300-301), Agapius, Kitab al- `Unwan (tr. Vasiliev), PO 8, p. 501. Not to be confused with the caliph Omar II (Omar 2). Cf. also Sulayman 1 for the command of the Arab fleet. In the year 1027 Sel. (715/716) `Omar bar Hubhayra was appointed by Maslama 1 commander of an army on the expedition against Constantinople: Bar Hebr., p. 107. During the rule of Sulayman 4 Oumar (i.e. Omar 3) led the Arab fleet against Constantinople; on the death of Sulayman 4 Oumar (Omar 2) became ruler of the Arabs and ruled for two years; he was succeeded by Azid (Yezid II; Yezid 2)): Const. Porph., DAI 22, 51ff. (Omar 2 and Omar 3 have been confused). He was the father of Ibn Hubayra 1: Chron. 1234, §§174, 177 (pp. 321, 324-325).

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