Batis the Patrikios · Islam Museum

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Batis, a great patrician of Amorium. Al-Mu'tasim captured him when he took the city in 223 AH, and he was crucified at the Gate of the Commons in Samarra. ²

Al-Mas'udi says that his cross leaned towards the crosses of Babak and al-Mazyar, and he quotes a verse of Abu Tammam on that. ²

Sources

Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 450-451
Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.450

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islam.museum contributors. “Batis the Patrikios”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/batis-al-batriq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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