Sergios 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VII/E VIII |
Dates | 661 (taq) / 705 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Srgy; Sarjun |
Religion | Christian; Chalcedonian |
Locations | Damascus (residence); Damascus |
Titles | Genikos logothetes of Abdulmalik 1 (office); Secretary of Mu`awiya 1 (office) |
Textual Sources | Baladhuri, al-, Kitab futuh al-Buldan, tr. P. K. Hitti, The Origins of the Islamic State (London, 1916, reprint Beirut, 1966) (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); Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, La chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris, 1899-1904) (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) |
Son of Mansour 2, Sergios 5 was a zealous Christian who was a close associate of the caliph Abdulmalik 1 and served him in the post of genikos
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