Ali 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 842 (tpq) / 867 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 200 |
| Variant Names | Ales; Aleim |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Armenia (officeplace); Tarsos (Cilicia) (officeplace); Tarsos (Cilicia) (residence); Tarsos (Cilicia); Armenia |
| Titles | Emir, Tarsus (office); Governor, Armenia (office) |
| Textual Sources | Bar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history); Scylitzes, Ioannes, Synopsis Historiarum, ed. J. Thurn (Berlin, 1973) (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history) |
Ali 3 was emir of Tarsos during the reign of the emperor Michael III (Michael 11); he, Amr 2 (emir of Melitene) and Karbeas 1 (the Paulician leader) continually raided and harrassed Roman territory until Ali 3 was sent to govern in Armenia, when he and all his army perished in battle: Theoph. Cont. IV 16 (p. 166) (ὁ τῆς Ταρσοῦ Ἀλῆς sc. ἀμέρ), Scyl., p. 93 (Ἀλεὶμ τῷ τῆς Τάρσου ἀμήρᾳ). He is to be identified with `Alî ibn Yahyâ in the Arabic and Syriac sources (cf. CMH IV 1, p. 712 and index, p. 1047). In the year 1180 Sel. (868/869) and AH 249 (Feb. 863/Feb. 864), after the death of¬`Umar (Omar 4), `Alî ibn Yahyâ assembled an army from Maiferqat and Armenia and attacked the Romans but was killed: Bar Hebr., p. 145.
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