Qarla ibn Tabin

Qarla ibn Tabin, king of the Franks in the list of their kings that al-Mas'udi gives. In the Latin histories he is known as Charlemagne. ²

Al-Mas'udi says that the list came from Armaz, bishop of Jarbada, that his episcopate lasted twenty-six years, and that its dates coincided with the reign of al-Hakam, ruler of al-Andalus. ²

According to this list, after him his sons quarrelled with one another, and the Franks were destroyed because of them. ³

• The identification with Charlemagne rests on the data's reading of the Latin dates. It needs an additional source.