Amr 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 678 (taq) / 679 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Titles | Commander of the Arabs (office) |
| Textual Sources | Elias Barshinaya, Chronicle (Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni, Opus chronologicum, pars prior, ed. and tr. E. W. Brooks, CSCO 62 and CSCO 63 (1910) (chronicle); Tabari, al-, Ta'rikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, ed. M.-J. de Goeje et al., 15 vols. (Leiden 1879-1901); Eng tr. The History of al-Tabari, general editor E. Yar-Shater, 39 vols. (New York, 1985-) (history) |
In AH 59 (Oct. 678/Oct. 679) `Amr b. Murrah al-Juhani led the winter campaign against Byzantine territory: Tabari XVIII, p. 199. In A. H. 58 (Nov. 677/Oct. 678) = 989 Sel. (677/678) 'Amr ibn Murra spent the winter in Roman territory: Elias, Chron., p. 146, 9-14 = p. 70.
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