Yusuf 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 851 (taq) / 852 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Yusef |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Taron (Armenia) (deathplace); Armenia; Taron (Armenia) |
| Titles | Commander, Arabs (office) |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history) |
Yusuf 1's father was called Muhammad; in AH 237 (July 851/June 852) Yusuf 1 commanded the army of the Arabs; he seized and sent to Baghdad in fetters the patrikios of Armenia, Bakrat (Bagrat 1), who had visited him in order to discuss peace; this provoked an attack by the Romans and Armenians on the city of Taron, where Yusef (sic; Yusuf 1) was, and in the following battle Yusef (Yusuf 1) was killed: Bar Hebr., p. 142.
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