Paul ‘the Black’ 57, 60, 61, 62, 183
Peter, patriarch 60–1
Petra papyri 58 n. 99, 136, 148
Philoxenus of Mabboug 148
Photius 87, 89
phylarch, phylarchs 11, 40, 51, 53,
57, 58, 79, 80, 83, 88 n., 89, 96,
103, 107, 108, 118, 122, 147,
148, 152, 174, 181, 195, 202,
210
plague, Justinianic
Chronicle of Zuqnīn on 187
effect on Jafnids 189–193
Procopius 7, 14–16, 19, 54, 68, 87,
88, 96, 97, 117, 118, 123, 131,
157, 166, 187, 197
as historical source 14–16
on elevation of al-H
:
ārith, Jafnid
leader 7, 96
Qanawat 50 map 2, 142
Qaryat al-Fāw 85 map 4, 88, 209
Qas
:
r al-H
:
ayr al-Gharbī 29, 50 map
2, 57–60, 149, 152, 192, 205
identification with Haliarum 57
inscriptions from 57–60, 149,
152, 192, 205
qas
:
r, qus
:
ūr 54, 55, 203–209
Qays (Kaisos) 88, 89
Qurʾān 133
Qusayr ʿAmra 54
Ramleh 69
al-Ramthāniye 48, 49, 54, 55, 58 n.
99
Rashīdī family 81, 195, 196, 208
religious persecution 19, 20, 61, 62,
66, 67, 69, 93
effect on writing of John of
Ephesus 19–20
Najrān see Najrān, massacre at
Mazdaeans 67
miaphysites
19, 61, 62, 66
Res
:
āfa (Sergiopolis) see also Saint
Sergius 21, 28, 29, 31, 52–55,
58, 60, 64, 65 map 3, 71, 105,
107, 108, 112, 114, 115, 126,
139, 173, 179, 182, 192, 194,
195, 205–209, 211
Jafnid inscription at 52, 58, 108
al-Mundhir building at 52–5, 64,
71, 105, 107, 108, 115, 192, 207
and Umayyads 205, 206, 208,
209, 211
al-Riyād
:
84, 85 map 4, 89
Roman Empire see also client-
management policies i, vii, viii,
2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 16, 22, 24, 26,
28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 49, 52, 54, 63,
64, 66, 70, 71, 75, 77, 79, 80, 87,
88, 89, 95, 96, 99, 105, 110, 112,
116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122,
124, 125, 126, 138, 143, 147,
149, 152, 172, 174, 176, 180,
183, 193, 195, 198, 202, 207,
211, 212
conflict with Sasanian
Empire 29–33, 70, 76, 119–122
diplomatic policies 74, 87–90, 95,
96–97, 117, 119–122, 180, 194,
198
subsidies 32, 122–124
Ruwwāfa, Ruwwāfa inscriptions 75,
83, 97, 139, 210
Rwala bedouin 12, 24, 81, 196, 197
Shaʿlān lineage of 196, 197
Saba, kingdom of 84, 136, 166
Sabaic script 136
‘Safaitic’ graffiti 109, 110 n. 146,
112, 132
Saint Augustine, missionary to
England 150
Saint Euthymius 36, 42, 45, 47, 167
Saint Jerome, author 1, 37, 136, 143,
165, 166
Saint John 107
Saint Sergius 47, 54, 145, 152, 174,
195, 205, 206
and Jafnids 54, 179, 195, 206
and Res
:
āfa (Sergiopolis) 43 n. 52,
52–54, 174, 195, 205, 206
Saint Thomas 105
Sal
ī
h
:
2,
79, 95
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