Qebir 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 781 (taq) / 781 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 10 |
| Variant Names | Keber; Abd al-Qebir |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Melon |
| Textual Sources | Elias Barshinaya, Chronicle (Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni, Opus chronologicum, pars prior, ed. and tr. E. W. Brooks, CSCO 62 and CSCO 63 (1910) (chronicle); 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) |
Qebir 1's name is spelt Keber in Theophanes. His original name was perhaps Abd al-Qebir (see below). He was sent with a large army against the Romans by the caliph al-Mahdi 1 in 781; he was defeated in the battle of Melon by Ioannes 14 and retreated in disgrace after heavy losses: Theoph. AM 6273. According to Tabari, the Arab general Kebir (Abd al-Kabir) was defeated at the battle of Melon in 781 by Michael 5 and Tatzates 1: Tabari (in Brooks, EHR XV(1900), p.737). In AH 164 (Sept. 780/Aug. 781) = 1091 Sel. (779/780) Abd al-Kabir ibn Abd al-Hamid invaded Roman territory: Elias, Chron., p. 184, 12-18 = p. 87.
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