Gamer 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 740 (taq) / 743 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2313 |
| Variant Names | Amer |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Asia |
| Textual Sources | Anastasius 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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