Abbas 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Dates | 766 (taq) / 767 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 6 |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Qmh; Amida (Mesopotamia); Edessa (Syria); Mesopotamia; Jazirah (officeplace) |
| Textual Sources | Chronique de Denys de Tell-Mahré, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot (Paris, 1895); tr. A. Palmer, The Seventh Century in West-Syrian Chronicles (Liverpool, 1993), pp. 54-65 (chronicle) |
In the year 1078 Sel. (766/767) Abbas 2, the brother of the caliph (i.e. al-Mansour 1), was ruler of Jazirah (emir of Gezirtha); with a large army he attacked cities of Mesopotamia, including Edessa and Amida, and laid siege to a Roman frontier fortress called "Qmh" (Qeamah), continuing to press the siege until the winter and shortage of provisions forced him to withdraw: Pseudo-Dion., Chron., pp. 228, 20-241, 28 = pp. 178-198, and cf. Malik 5, Radad 1 and Sergios 120. See Rochow, Theophanes, p. 209. He is to be identified with Abasbali 1.
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