Sa`id 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VII |
| Dates | 686 (taq) / 687 (ob.) |
| Variant Names | Saidos |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Damascus (deathplace); Damascus |
| Textual Sources | 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) |
Sa`id 1 rebelled against Abdulmalik 1 and seized Damascus, but then allowed Abdulmalik 1 to enter and was murdered: Theoph. AM 6178 (καὶ ἀκούσας Ἀβιμέλεχ ἔρχεται εἰς Μεσοποταμίαν καὶ τυραννεῖται ὑπὸ Σαΐδου: ὃν ἐπανελθὼν διὰ λόγου τὴν Δαμασκὸν πέπεικεν ἀνοῖξαι προκαταληφθεῖσαν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο δολοφονεῖ αὐτόν). He is perhaps to be identified with the cousin of Abdulmalik 1, `Amr ibn Sa`id; see Amr 3. If so, his revolt was in 689.
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