Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century

Irfan Shahid, Irfan Shahîd

Dumbarton Oaks, 1995 - History - 1032 pages

Contents

• I: 3
• XVII: 5
• The Persian War 502506: 12
• The Subscriptions of the Archimandrites of Arabia 824: 17
• Byzantium and Kinda: 19
• Kitāb alTījān: 25
• II: 32
• Outside the Limes 726: 38
• The Conference of Ramla: 40
• The Second Phase 569578: 43
• Jabala the Ghassānid Federate King: 48
• XI: 50
• Latin Limes Syriac Limiton: 55
• The Pella Inscription: 56
• III: 58
• The Reign of Justinian Introduction: 61
• The Return of the Ghassanids: 62
• The Expedition against Mundir Winter 528: 70
• Thannūris the Battle of the Ditch Summer 528: 76
• Mundirs Invasion of Syria Prima March 529: 79
• The Samaritan Revolt of 529: 82
• The Basileia of Arethas 529: 95
• Arethas and Ephraim 746: 102
• Ghassānid and Byzantine: 109
• The Usays Inscription: 117
• Abū Karib: 124
• The Battle of Daras 530: 131
• XVIII: 132
• The Battle of Callinicum 531: 134
• The Embassy of Julian: 144
• The Peninsula 968: 146
• Byzantium and Kinda: 148
• Byzantium and Maadd the Maddēnoi: 160
• Saracen Pockets in the Three Palestines: 166
• Malalas on the Federate Arabs: 168
• Justinian in Oriens: 171
• The Two Dukes: 172
• Zacharia of Mytilene on Timostratus and Jabala: 174
• Maadd: 175
• B Rubin on the Battle of Callinicum: 177
• The Vandal War 533534: 180
• Choricius of Gaza: 182
• The Saracen Invasion of Euphratensis 536: 194
• Novel 102 on Arabia: 196
• Edict 4 on Phoenicia Libanensis: 198
• Novel 103 on Palestine: 200
• ByzantineGhassānid Relations in 536: 206
• The Strata Dispute: 209
• The Campaigns of the War and the Prodosia Theme: 219
• The Assyrian Campaign of 541: 226
• The Campaign of 542: 230
• Procopius and Mundir: 231
• The Image 984: 233
• An Arabic Ekphrasis of the Battle of Antioch: 235
• The War of the Federates 546561: 236
• The First Phase 5454655051: 237
• The Second Phase 5505155556: 240
• The Vita Euthymii: 251
• The Third Phase 55657561: 255
• Concluding Remarks: 261
• B Rubin on the LakhmidGhassānid War: 262
• E The Last Years of the Reign 561565: 266
• Arethas in Constantinople 563: 282
• The Byzantine Titles of Arethas: 288
• Procopius and the Arabs: 297
• Introduction 777: 298
• The Reign of Justin II: 307
• The Lakhmids: 308
• The Ghassānids: 312
• The House of Ayyüb: 315
• Justin Ils Daughter Apaßia: 318
• The Expedition against Khaybar 567?: 322
• The Harrān Inscription: 325
• Menander and the Arabs: 331
• Conclusion 994: 335
• The Death of Arethas 569: 337
• The Accession of Mundir 569: 339
• The LakhmidGhassānid Conflict 569570: 340
• The Souring of GhassānidByzantine Relations: 346
• The Withdrawal of the Ghassānids 572575: 356
• The Persian Conquest of South Arabia 570: 364
• ху The CoRulership of Tiberius 574578: 372
• The Ghassānid Return to the Byzantine Fold: 373
• Mundir in Constantinople 575: 384
• The Ghassānid Capture of Hīra 575: 389
• On the Name of Justins Daughter Arabia: 390
• The Reign of Tiberius I Sophia and Maurice: 394
• The Persian Front 578580: 396
• Constantinople in 580: 398
• The Antecedents: 406
• The Course of the Campaign: 413
• Some Problems of the Campaign: 416
• Mundirs Last Victory over the Lakhmids 581: 420
• An Evaluation: 425
• Prodosia: 439
• The Fall of Mundir: 455
• Numān: 464
• The Byzantine Response to the Ghassānid Revolt: 471
• Adī ibnZayd: 478
• The Ghassānid Matrimony: 482
• Greek Federate Epigraphy: 489
• The Patriciate of Mundir: 512
• The Two Federate Crowns: 518
• Nöldeke on the Titles and Ranks of Mundir: 521
• Flavius Seos Epitropos: 522
• J G Wetzstein and R Brünnow on alBurj: 524
• R Mouterde on Numān: 526
• The στρατηλασία of Nu man: 528
• The Reign of Maurice I Maurice and Numān: 529
• The Trial of the Two Ghassānids: 535
• Mundir in Sicily: 538
• The Arab Foederati during the Reign of Maurice: 549
• Introduction 922: 550
• The Restoration of the Ghassānids: 562
• The Stratēgikon: 568
• An Evaluation: 583
• Evagrius and Theophylact: 592
• Pratum Spirituale: 597
• July A D 600: 602
• The Controversial Reign of Maurice: 605
• The Ghassānid 935: 606
• Maurice the Arabs and Arabissos: 610
• On the Stirrup: 611
• The Ghassānids in Recent Scholarship: 613
• The Reign of Phocas I The Return of Mundir from Exile 602: 618
• The Persian War: 622
• The Ghassānids and Phocas: 626
• Ibn Hamdīs on Sicily: 632
• The Reign of Heraclius I The First Decade: 634
• The Second Decade: 641
• The Third Decade: 646
• Saracen Pockets in Palaestina Prima: 651
• Addenda et Corrigenda 996: 655
• The Saracens in the Acta of St Anastasius: 658
• Lists and Stemmata: 661
• Maps: 682

Bibliographic information

• Title: Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century; Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Irfan Shahîd; Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Byzantine Studies
• Authors: Irfan Shahid, Irfan Shahîd
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks, 1995
• ISBN: 0884022145, 9780884022145
• Length: 1032 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Medieval