Omar 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 863 (taq) / 864 (ob.) |
| Variant Names | `Umar |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Melitene (Armenia); Melitene (Armenia) (deathplace) |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history) |
In the year 1180 Sel. (868/869) and AH 249 (Feb. 863/Feb. 864) Omar 4 (`Umar) was commander of an Arab army which invaded the lands of the Romans; he encountered a Roman army at Hasya near Melitene and was defeated and killed: Bar Hebr., p. 145. Probably identical with Amr 2.
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