Bounousos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 782 (taq) / 782 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 1878 |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Nakoleia (Phrygia) |
| 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) |
Bounousos 1 is called Bounousos (Βούνουσον) in Theophanes; his Arabic name was al-Rabi. In 782 when Harun 1 invaded Roman territory Bounousos 1 was left behind to besiege Nakoleia and to guard Harun 1's rear; at the end of the campaign the Arabs withdrew and left Nakoleia: Theoph. AM 6274. Bounousos 1 was in fact defeated at Nakoleia and fled back to the frontier with heavy losses; see Treadgold, Revival, pp. 68-9 with p. 398, n. 79 (sources and bibliography).
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