Mu`awiya 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 726 (taq) / 737 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 5186 |
| Variant Names | Mauias |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Asia; Nikaia; Ateous; Paphlagonia |
| Titles | Emir (office) |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history); Elias Barshinaya, Chronicle (Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni, Opus chronologicum, pars prior, ed. and tr. E. W. Brooks, CSCO 62 and CSCO 63 (1910) (chronicle); Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history); 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) |
Son of Hisham 1: Theoph. AM 6218 (Μαυΐας δέ, ὁ υἱὸς Ἰσάμ), Theoph. AM 6224 (Μαυΐας, δὲ, ὁ υἱὸς Ἰσάμου). Brother therefore of Sulayman 2. In 726 he led an attack on Roman territory and after roaming around returned home: Theoph. AM 6218. In summer 727 two emirs, Amr 1 and Mu`awiya 4 (δύο ἀμηραίων: Theoph.) led Arab forces into Anatolia and besieged Nikaia: Nic. Brev. 58, Theoph. AM 6218. Mu`awiya 4 arrived second with eighty-five thousand men, to reinforce Amr 1; after a long siege they failed to take the city but withdrew with many prisoners and much booty: Theoph. AM 6218. In 728 he captured the fortress of Ateous and withdrew home: Theoph. AM 6219, cf. Elias, Chron., AH 108, p. 164 (March 726/April 727) (see below). In 733 he attacked the empire and reached Paphlagonia, whence he returned with a large number of prisoners: Theoph. AM 6224, cf. Elias, Chron., AH 114, p. 166 (March 732/Feb. 733) (see below). In 735 he raided Asia (presumably western Asia Minor): Theoph. AM 6226, cf. Elias, Chron., AH 116, p. 167 (Feb. 734/Jan. 735) (see below). In 737 he attacked the empire; within days of his return home he died after falling from his horse: Theoph. AM 6228, cf. Tabari, AH 118 (Jan. 736/Jan. 737; the campaign) and Elias, Chron., AH 119, p. 167 (Jan./Dec. 737; his death) (see below). In AH 108 (May 726/April 727) = 1037 Sel. (725/726) Mu`awiya 4 invaded the lands of the Romans: Elias, Chron., p. 164, 13-16 = p. 78. In AH 114 (March 732/Feb. 733) = 1043 Sel. (731/732) Mu`awiya 4 invaded the lands of the Romans and carried off his captives; some of his troops who remained behind were defeated and killed by the Romans: Elias, Chron., p. 166, 9-15 = p. 79. In AH 116 (Feb. 734/Jan. 735) = 1045 Sel. (733/734) Mu`awiya 4 invaded the lands of the Romans: Elias, Chron., p. 167, 1-4 = pp. 79ff. In AH 117 (Jan. 735/Jan. 736) = 1046 Sel. (734/735) Mu`awiya 4 invaded the lands of the Romans: Elias, Chron., p. 167, 6-9 = p. 80. In AH 118 (Jan. 736/Jan. 737) = 1047 Sel. (735/736) Mu`awiya 4 invaded the lands of the Romans: Elias, Chron., p. 167, 11-14 = p. 80. In AH 119 (Jan.-Dec. 737) = 1048 Sel. (736/737) Mu`awiya 4 died: Elias, Chron., p. 167, 116-19 = p. 80. Son of Hisham 1, he invaded the lands of the Romans, apparently in the year 1042 Sel. (730/731), and captured Gangra and Nikaia: Bar Hebr., p. 110. On the chronology of these campaigns, see Rochow, Theophanes, pp. 53-54, 119, 122, 131-132, 133-134.
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