Anonymus 734 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| Dates | 830 (taq) / 831 (tpq) |
| Religion | Muslim; Christian |
| Locations | Cilicia |
| 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) |
Anonymus 734 was an impostor who went to Mamun (al-Ma'mun 1) in Cilicia claiming to be of imperial family; al-Ma'mun 1 had him crowned by the Chalcedonian patriarch Iob 1; he is said to have lived in the camp of the Romans for two years and when, after that time no-one had come to him he converted to Islam through the influence of al-Ma'mun 1's son, Abu Ishaq (i.e. al-Mu`tasim 1): Bar Hebr., p. 133, Mich. Syr. III 75. This occurred in the year 1142 Sel. (830/831) or shortly afterwards. The story may be based on that of Thomas 7.
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