Abd ar-Rahman 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VII/E VIII |
| Dates | 699 (taq) / 704 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 22 |
| Variant Names | Abderachman; `Abdulrahman |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Persia (officeplace); Persia |
| Textual Sources | 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 699 Abd ar-Rahman 2 revolted against Arab rule, became master of Persia and expelled "the Khagan" (i.e. al-Hajjaj 1): Theoph. AM 6191. In the following year he was defeated and killed by Muhammad 2 and al-Hajjaj 1: Theoph. AM 6192. He is `Abdulrahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash`ath; cf. Shaban, Islamic History I, pp. 110-111. He was actually defeated early in 701 and died in 704; see Shaban, loc. cit.
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