Anonymus 737 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history) |
Anonymus 737 was an envoy sent to the caliph Wathiq (al-Wathiq 1) early in the reign of Michael III (Michael 11) to negotiate for peace and the exchange of prisoners; because the Arabs had far fewer captives than the Romans he insisted that al-Wathiq 1 make the numbers equal by freeing Christian slaves: Bar Hebr., p. 140. Al-Wathiq 1 was caliph between 842 and 847.
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