Gamer 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM VIII
Dates740 (taq) / 743 (tpq)
PmbZ No.2313
Variant NamesAmer
ReligionMuslim
EthnicityArab
LocationsAsia
Textual SourcesAnastasius Bibliothecarius, Chronographia Tripartita (Latin translation of the Chronographia of Theophanes), ed. C. de Boor, Theophanes, Chronographia II (Leipzig, 1885), pp. 31-346 (chronicle);
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)

One MS only of Theophanes refers to Gamer 1 as Amer; all others, together with Anastasius Bibliothecarius, call him Gamer. He was one of four Arab generals (στρατηγοῖς) who invaded Roman territory in May 740 (the others were Sulayman 2, al-Battal 1 and Malik 1); he led ten thousand lightly armed troops on plundering raids in Asia (τὰ τῆς Ἀσιάτιδος γῆς μέρη); he captured many men and women and beasts before returning home safely: Theoph. AM 6231. In 743 he again led an Arab attack on imperial territory and returned with many prisoners: Theoph. AM 6234.

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