QMI-INS-050e · Last decade of the 1st c. AH (c. 90–99)
Inscription of Yazīd al-Ḥanashī, Companion of ʿAbd Allāh, Cnidus
نقش يزيد الحنشي من أصحاب عبد الله، قندوز
Cnidus (Knidos), south-western Turkey; marble pavement of the nave of the Byzantine church (5th–6th c.), near the choir
- اللهم اغفر ليزيد ا…
- … الحنشي/الحبشي من أصحب (كذا)
- عبد الله أهل فلسطين
- آمين رب م[و]سى رب
- اسم[عي]ل (كذا) [رب] العلمين (كذا)
O God, forgive Yazīd … … al-Ḥanashī / al-Ḥabashī, one of the companions of ʿAbd Allāh, of the troops of Palestine. Amen, Lord of Moses, Lord of Ishmael, [Lord] of the worlds!
A prayer for forgiveness for Yazīd … al-Ḥanashī (or al-Ḥabashī), “one of the companions of ʿAbd Allāh, of the people of Palestine”, cut into the marble pavement of the church at Cnidus. Imbert notes that the mention of ahl Filasṭīn is unique in Arabic epigraphy. He understands it as Arabs settled in Palestine, tribesmen incorporated into the contingents of the maritime conquest.
Source: Imbert, Frédéric. “Graffiti arabes de Cnide et de Kos : premières traces épigraphiques de la conquête musulmane en mer Égée.” In Constructing the Seventh Century, ed. Constantin Zuckerman, Travaux et Mémoires 17 (Paris, 2013), 731–758, 736–738, graffito C2, photo 2, fig. 2.