Nasir 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 860 (taq) / 861 (tpq) |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history) |
In AH 246 (March 860/March 861) Nasir 2 (Nasir bar-Azhar) was sent by the caliph al-Mutawwakil 1 as envoy to the emperor Michael III (Michael 11) with lavish gifts; he was received with honour and allowed to take back two thousand Arab prisoners; some of the prisoners, who were Christians, declined to leave the Roman empire: Bar Hebr., pp. 144-145.
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