Sufyan 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 718 (taq) / 718 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Sophiam; Souphiam |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Kalos Agros (Harbour of, Bithynia); Egypt |
| Textual Sources | Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (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) |
In spring 718 Sufyan 2 commanded an Arab fleet which sailed from Egypt with fresh supplies for the forces besieging Constantinople (οὗ ἡγεῖτο Σοφιὰμ ὄνομα ἄρχων: Nic. Brev. de Boor 54, Mango 54:23-24); fearing Greek fire, he put in at the harbour of Kalos Agros in Bithynia, but Egyptians in his fleet deserted to the emperor and betrayed his position; his fleet was totally destroyed in a Byzantine attack: Nic. Brev. de Boor 54, Mango 54, Theoph. AM 6209.
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