Abd ar-Rahman 8 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 792 (taq) / 793 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Rabsah (Cappadocia) |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history); Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, La chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris, 1899-1904) (chronicle) |
Abd ar-Rahman 8 was son of `Abd al-Malik (Abdulmalik 2); in the year 1104 Sel. (792/793) he captured the fortress of Rabsah in Cappadocia: Mich. Syr. III 8ff., Bar Hebr., p. 119. For Rabsa = Thebasa, see Rochow, Theophanes, p. 260 and Theoph. AM 6286.
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