Stelle Maroan uero, dispertiuit, id est, P...; (Chronica Byzantina-Arabica (741 - 743), Chroniques Anni 741, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §31 (p. 318)) [1422]

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Text Chronica Byzantina-Arabica (741 - 743) Anonymous - History
Quotation Maroan uero, dispertiuit, id est, Persidis, Armenie, Mesopotamie, Osdroene, Arabie et Sirie regiones regno Habdelmelc primogenito dereliquit; egyptum uel ulterioris Etiopie partes, Tripoleos, Africe et usque ad Gaditana freta adiacentes prouincias Habdelaziz filio dereliquit, exercitus terrestris vel aequorei ordinis Mahmet nato suo concessit, ut novenali tempore pace expleto contra Romaniam cunctasque finitimas nationes expeditionibus studeret.
Translation Indeed before Maroan died, he divided the provinces of the Ismailites among his sons: that is, he left the regions of Persis, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Osdroena, Arabia and Syria to his firstborn Habdelmele to rule. He left Egypt and the parts of further Aethiopia, Tripolei and Africa and the adjacent provinces all the way to the Gaditanan straits to his son Habdellaziz. He gave command of the armies and navies to his son Mahmet, so that once the peace ended after nine years he might be devoted to expeditions against the Roman realm and all the neighbouring nations. (Al-Tamimi, trans., “Byzantine-Arabic Chronicle”, 2019)
Summary Here the Chronica Byzantina Arabica recounts the division of territories by Marwan between his two sons, Abd al-Malik and Abd al-Aziz.
Quotation source Chroniques Anni 741, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §31 (p. 318)
Temporal Coverage 684 - 685
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