Walid 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E VIII |
Dates | 711 (taq) / 712 (tpq) |
Religion | Muslim |
Ethnicity | Arab |
Locations | Fat Meadow |
Textual Sources | Elias Barshinaya, Chronicle (Eliae metropolitae Nisibeni, Opus chronologicum, pars prior, ed. and tr. E. W. Brooks, CSCO 62 and CSCO 63 (1910) (chronicle) |
In AH 93 (October 711/October 712) = 1023 Sel. (711/712) Walid 3 (Walid ibn Hisham ibn `Uqbah) invaded the lands of the Romans and advanced as far as the "Fat Meadow": Elias, Chron., p. 159, 21-25 = p. 76.
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