Damian of Tarsus

Greek convert to Islam and leader of naval raids

880 CE to 924 CE

Damian (died 924), known in Arabic as Damyanah and surnamed Ghulam Yazman ("slave/page of Yazman"), is a Byzantine Greek convert to Islam, emir of Tarsus in 896–897 and one of the main leaders of naval raids against the Byzantine Empire in the early 10th century.

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