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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Higher Education King Saud University College of Arts Department of History Arabia, Greece and Byzantium Cultural Contacts in Ancient and Medieval Times Vol. II Editors Abdulaziz Al-Helabi Dimitrios G. Letsios Moshalleh Al-Moraekhi Abdullah Al-Abduljabbar Riyadh 2012 / AH 1433 Arabia, Greece and Byzantium Cultural Contacts in Ancient and Medieval Times Proceedings of the: International Symposium on the Historical Relations between Arabia the Greek and Byzantine World (5th century BC-10th century AD) Riyadh, 6 – 10 December, 2010 Organising Committee Prof. Abdullah Al-Abdulajabbar, Chairman of the Organizing Committee Dr. Dimitrios Letsios, Ambassador of Greece in Saudi Arabia Prof. Jahia bin Junaid, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Prof. Vassilios Christides, Institute for Graeco-Oriental and African Studies Dr. Ali Ghabban, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities © King Saud University 2012 King Fahad National Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Arabia, Greece and Byzantium. Cultural Contacts in Ancient and Medieval Times, eds. Abdulaziz Al-Helabi, Dimitrios Letsios, Moshalleh Al-Moraekhi, Abdullah Al- Abduljabbar, Riyadh 2012, p.416, Vol. II I. Arabian Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula – History, Greece, Byzantium II. Eds.: Abdulaziz Al-Helabi, Dimitrios G. Letsios, Moshalleh Al-Moraekhi, Abdullah Al-Abduljabbar III. Title: Arabia, Greece and Byzantium All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recorded or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. 953.001dc 1433/9546 L.D.no. 1433/9546 ISBN: 978-603-507-066-9 978-603-507-069-0 (Vol. II) Typeset by King Saud University Printhouse. Cover page ―Early majolica plate with a scene of a Byzantine ship with two masts and triangular sails. About A.D. 1200. Corinth, Archeological Museum C-38-521‖ From: ELSI SPATHARI, Sailing through Time. The Ship in Greek Art, trans. David Hardy, Kapon Editions, Athens 1995, p. 184, picture n. 227 Acknowledgments The editors express thanks and gratitude to the following, for material, technical and other support in organizing the Symposium and publishing its proceedings: The Staff of King Saud University, Department of History The Staff of the Embassy of Greece in Riyadh King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities Institute for Graeco-Oriental and African Studies, Athens Cyprus Airways J&P (Overseas) Limited Olayan Archirodon SETE Energy Saudia for Industrial Projects Ltd. Saudi Research & Marketing Group Contents Forward HRH, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman, Board of Directors, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies ....................................................... 11 Introduction ................................................................................................... 13 Contributions Rainer Voigt Language, Script and Society in South Arabia and on the Horn of Africa .... 21 JOHN F. HEALEY Between Rome and Arabia: the Aramaic Interface ....................................... 37 ZEYAD MUSTAFA AL-SHORMAN The Assimilation of Dushara - Ḍwãara in Greco-Roman Period .................. 43 CHRISTIAN JULIEN ROBIN Les rois de Kinda ........................................................................................... 59 MAGDA EL-NOWIEEMY Arabia in Roman Sources: The Evidence of Latin Poetry ........................... 131 ALIA HANAFI Some Greek and Arabic Documents ........................................................... 143 ALBRECHT BERGER Christianity in South Arabia in the 6th Century AD – Truth and Legend ... 155 ROBERT HILLENBRAND Reflections on the Mosaics of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus ............ 163 PANAYOTIS YANNOPOULOS L‘origine des informations byzantines au sujet de l‘Arabie préislamique ... 203 CAROLE HILLENBRAND Sayf al-Dawla, al-Mutanabbī and Byzantium: The Evidence of a Textile .. 221 M. TAHAR MANSOURI Les échos des conquêtes arabes dans les sources byzantines et l‘évolution des relations vers la reconnaissance mutuelle (VIIe-Xe siècles) ................ 231 SOPHIA PATOURA The Byzantine Court and the Arab Caliphate: Mutual Attempts at Rapprochement at the Peak of the Arab-Byzantine Struggle (9th-10th c.) . 241 ALKIVIADIS GINALIS A Preliminary Introduction to the Comparison of Maritime Traditions in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean from the 1st to the 15th Century AD ................................................................................................. 249 VASILIOS CHRISTIDES Sailing in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.Imaginary Creatures in Some Byzantine and Arab Illuminations: The Unicorn (MONOCERŌS) ........... 263 TAREK M. MUHAMMAD Clysma in the Literary and Documentary Arab Sources ............................. 277 8 Contents STEPHANOS M. KORDOSES Arab Advance along the Southern Part of the Silk Route, Gesar Phrom and Fu-lin (拂菻) of the Chinese Sources .......................................................... 303 LIN YING – YU YUSEN The Arab Empire in Chinese Sources from the 8th Century to the 10th Century ........................................................................................................ 311 NIKE KOUTRAKOU The Eastern Luxury Nexus in Middle - Byzantine Literature: A Reality Check .......................................................................................................... 321 ELEONORA KOUNTOURA GALAKI Arabia, Egypt and Syria in Byzantine Hagiographical Works during the Late Byzantine and Ayyůbid Period ................................................................... 341 MARIA LEONTSINI Byzantine References to the Flora and Fauna of the Arabian Peninsula and the Classical Greek Tradition (4th -12th c. AD) ......................................... 355 ANNE MCCABE Greek Horse Medicine in Arabic ................................................................ 381 GEORGE TSOUTSOS – CHRISTOS TEAZIS Piri Reis‘s Greek and Arabic Influences in his Chart and Map Creations for the Ottoman Empire .................................................................................... 389 Summaries of the contributions in Arabic language (Vol. I) EL-SAYED GAD, Cambyses II's Treaty with the Arab King in 525 BC ....... 395 RAHMH AWAD AL-SINANY, Aspects of Arab Political and Social Life during the Fifth Century BC Described by Herodotus ........................................... 395 ABDULAZIZ S. AL-HELABI, Greek at al-Ma‛sūdī‘s Writings ....................... 396 HUSSEIN ELSHEIKH, Human Sacrifice between Arabian Peninsula and the Greek Mythology ........................................................................................ 396 HUSSEIN A. AL-AIDAROUS, The Impact of Greek Art School on Yemen ... 397 ALI HASSAN ABD-ALLAH, The Greek Influences on Arabian Numismatics 398 ABDULLAH A. AL-ABDULAJABBAR, Classical Perspectives of the Arabian Trade ........................................................................................................... 398 REDA ABDEL GAWAD RASLAN, Gold and Silver in Southern Arabia in the Light of Classical Sources ........................................................................... 399 FATHIA HUSSAIN OKAB, Palm Tree in Pre-Islamic and Classical Sources . 399 ABDUL RAHMAN T. AL-ANSARY, The ―Dwellers of the Wood‖ and the Red Sea Trade .................................................................................................... 400 ABDUL MUTI MUHAMMAD SIMSIM, The Eastern Routes of Egypt and their Commercial Role among the Ports of the Red Sea in the Roman Period.... 401 NOHA A. SALEM, Nikanor Archive and the Trade of the Red Sea Ports ..... 401 MOHAMED EL-SAYED ABDEL-GHANI, The Emperor Philip the Arab in the Roman Sources: A Critical View ................................................................ 402 HEND MOHAMMAD AL-TURKY, Rome's Attempts to Dominate the Arabian Gulf Region ................................................................................................. 402 HAMAD M. BIN SERAY, Byzantium and the Arabian Gulf Region .............. 403 Contents 9 KHALED ABD EL- BADEA RADWAN MAHMOUD, Tanukhs in Syria and Their Relationship with the Roman Empire Between the Third and Seventh Centuries ...................................................................................................... 404 MOHAMED NASR ABDELRAHMAN, The Conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Persians on the South Silk Road during the Reign of Justinian I (527 – 565) ................................................................................ 404 NORA A. AL-NAIM, CAmer bin Hind‘s Embassy to the Emperor Justin II .. 405 ATEF MANSOUR RAMADAN, The Circulation of Byzantine Dinar (Heraclius) in Arabia at Early Islam and its Influence in Abdul-Malik's Reforms ........ 406 Conclusions of the Symprosium, C. Hillenbrand ........................................ 407 List of Contributors ................................................................................... 411
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