Umar al-Aqta

Umar al-Aqta
Emir of Malatya
Reign830s–863
Died3 September 863
Porson
ReligionIslam

ʿUmar ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn Marwān[1] or ʿAmr ibn ʿUbaydallāh ibn Marwān,[2] surnamed al-Aqtaʾ (Arabic: الأقطع, lit. 'the one-handed'; μονοχεράρης, monocherares, in Greek), and found as Amer or Ambros (Ἄμερ or Ἄμβρος) in Byzantine sources,[1] was the semi-independent Arab emir of Malatya (Melitene) from the 830s until his death in the Battle of Lalakaon on 3 September 863. During this time, he was one of the greatest threats to the Byzantine Empire on its eastern frontier,[3] and became a prominent figure in later Arabic and Turkish epic literature.

  1. ^ a b PmbZ, 'Umar ibn 'Abdallāh ibn Marwān al-Aqta' (#8552/corr.).
  2. ^ Canard 1961, pp. 170–171.
  3. ^ Hollingsworth 1991, pp. 2139–2140.