Prosopography of the Byzantine World

Chronology for 1025

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  • 1025 January 16: Salih ibn Mirdas entered Aleppo

    Salih ibn Mirdas succeeded in entering Aleppo but failed to capture its citadel

    People involved

    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi

  • 1025 January 17: Nikolaos, hegoumenos of Stoudios, consecrated as Patriarch of Antioch

    Nikolaos, hegoumenos of the monastery of Stoudios, was consecrated in Constantinople as patriarch of Antioch, after an interregnum of three and a half years; he reigned for five years, eight months and 21 days

    People involved

    • Nikolaos 192 نيقولاوس Nikolaos II, patriarch of Antioch

  • 1025 March 13: Salih undermined & captured palace of Aleppo

    Salih ibn Mirdas set up mangonels and other siege machines to capture the citadel of Aleppo. He went on to undermine the walls and capture the city's palace

    People involved

    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi

  • 1025: Help given by Konstantinos Dalassenos against citadel of Aleppo, then recalled by Basileios II

    Salih ibn Mirdas asked Konstantinos Dalassenos, katepano of Antioch, for troops to help in fighting the defenders of of the citadel of Aleppo. He received 300 men, whom he stationed near the city wall. Konstantinos reported his actions to the emperor Basileios II. Basileios however countermanded his decision, and told him to recall the men. Konstantinos reported this to Salih, who sent them back

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos
    • Konstantinos 63 Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν Δαλασσηνόν (Cheynet: Dalassenoi 3) Konstantinos Dalassenos
    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi

  • 1025: Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij defeated al-Dizbiri, Fatimid governor of Palestine, & recalled Salih

    Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij ibn al-Jarrah attacked al-Dizbiri, the Fatimid governor of Palestine, and won a great victory over him. He then called on Salih ibn Mirdas to rejoin him as quickly as possible

    People involved

    • Pinzarach 101 Ἀπελζαράχ حسان بن المفرّج بن الجرّاح Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij ibn al-Jarrah (Pinzarach)
    • Tousber 101 Τούσβερ البربري al-Dizbiri (al-Barbari in Yahya), Fatimid governor of Palestine

  • 1025 April: Orestes sent to Sicily with large forces in advance of imperial expedition, which did not occur

    The eunuch Orestes (called Ispo in Annales Barenses), the koitonites, went to Italy with a huge polyglot army, including Rus', Varangians (?), Turks, Bulgarians, Vlachs, Macedonians and others, so as to capture Sicily. The death of Basileios II put an end to this plan

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos
    • Orestes 101 Ὀρέστου Orestes, courtier of Basileios II

  • 1025 April: Report of Eustathios Romaios on the validity of the marriage of Nikolaos & Eudokia

    Nikolaos and Eudokia were joined in an established marriage. Niketas Bothyrites maliciously tried to upset their union by claiming that it was within the forbidden degrees. Eustathios Romaios heard the case, and in his hypomnema, written as patrikios, he defended the marriage. Here were not two cousins marrying two cousins, since in a previous generation Maria's betrothal to Kosmas had been broken at his death

    People involved

  • 1025 May 4: Salih left Aleppo for Palestine

    Salih ibn Mirdas left Aleppo to return to Palestine

    People involved

    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi

  • 1025 June 10: Unsuccessful negotiations for peace at Aleppo

    Salim ibn Mustafad and Ibn Tawq, secretary of Salih ibn Mirdas, as representatives of Salih, received an envoy from the defenders of the citadel, asking for a peace agreement. When their demands were refused, the defenders raised crosses for three days and acclaimed Basileios II

    People involved

    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi
    • Salim 101 أبو المرجّا سالم بن مستفاد الحمداني Salim ibn Mustafad al-Hamdani
    • Sulayman 102 سليمان بن طوق Sulayman ibn Tawq, secretary of Salih ibn Mirdas

  • 1025 June: Death of Ioannes, archbishop of Bari: succeeded by Bisantius

    Ioannes died, the last bishop of Bari before the see became an archbishopric under Roman jurisdiction. His successor Bisantius was an archbishop

    People involved

  • 1025 June 30: Mawsuf surrendered the citadel of Aleppo to Salih's army

    Salih's army captured the citadel of Aleppo in Salih's absence. The keys were handed over by the eunuch Mawsuf

    People involved

    • Mawsuf 101 موصوف الخادم الصقلابي Mawsuf the eunuch
    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi

  • 1025 October 4: Salih returned to Aleppo to punish the defeated rebels

    Salih returned to Aleppo to finish punishment of the defeated leaders of the rebellion, executing two and putting others up for ransom

    People involved

    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi

  • 1025: Sinan ibn 'Ulyan besieged Damascus: the inhabitants strengthened their walls

    Sinan ibn 'Ulyan, the emir of the Kalb Arabs, besieged Damascus. The inhabitants of the city strengthened their walls

    People involved

    • Sinan 101 سنان بن عليان Sinan ibn 'Ulyan, amir of Kalb Arabs

  • 1025: Salih ibn Mirdas told the caliph al-Zahir of his success; he was rewarded

    Salih ibn Mirdas told al-Zahir, the Fatimid caliph, of his success; in return he received titles, jewelry and ceremonial garments for himself and his children

    People involved

    • al-Zahir 101 ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ الظاهر Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph
    • Salih 101 صالح بن مرداس الكلابي Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi

  • 1025: Boioannes the katepano embarked for Messina with forces from Bari

    Basileios Boioannes the katepano embarked for Messina with forces from Bari [presumably to prepare the way for or support Orestes?]

    People involved

    • Basileios 108 Βοϊωάννην Basileios Boioannes, katepano of Italy in 1020s

  • 1025 December: Death of Eustathios, patriarch of Constantinople

    Eustathios, patriarch of Constantinople, died a few days before the death of Basileios II, after leading the orthodox church for [lacuna] years

    People involved

    • Eustathios 11 Εὐστάθιος Eustathios, patriarch of Constantinople

  • 1025: Konstantinos VIII was called to the deathbed of Basileios II to receive power & discuss his funeral

    Konstantinos VIII had conceded all power to his brother Basileios II. But on Basileios' death, the situation was reversed. The dying emperor summoned him to the palace a few days before his death, and put in his hands the helm of leadership. He also expressed his last wishes concerning all matters, and requested not to be buried in imperial vestments with the emperors but in a tomb at the small monastery of Ioannes the Evangelist

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos
    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII

  • 1025 December 12-13: Death of Basileios II; accession of Konstantinos VIII

    At the death of Basileios, the symbols of imperial power were quickly transferred to his brother, Konstantinos VIII, who lived on in power for four years

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos
    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII

  • 1025 December 15: Appointment & enthronement of Alexios Stoudites as patriarch of Constantinople

    Alexios Stoudites, as head of the Stoudios monastery, made a pastoral visit to the sick emperor Basileios II, bringing the holy head of St Ioannes the Baptist. Basileios immediately made arrangements for him to be appointed patriarch of Constantinople. Basileios died that same evening, after living and reigning for 72 years and being sole emperor for 50

    People involved

    • Alexios 11 Ἀλέξιον الاكسس Alexios Stoudites, patriarch of Constantinople
    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos

  • 1025 December 15: Death of Basileios II; accession of Konstantinos VIII

    Basileios II died, ending the plans for an expedition to Sicily. His brother Konstantinos VIII reigned in his place

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos
    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII

  • 1025: Basileios II was buried at Hebdomon

    Basileios II was buried at his own wish in the church of St Ioannes Prodromos at Hebdomon. Yahya's version, that he installed in the Holy Apostles for his sepulchre a marble sarcophagus of extreme beauty of colour and sculptural ornament, has been disregarded.

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos

  • 1025: Basileios II left a gigantic sum in the treasury

    Basileios II left his successor Konstantinos a gigantic sum in the treasury, having made made income greatly exceed expenditure, even though at his death taxes had not been collected for two years

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos

  • 1025: Inadequate plans of Konstantinos VIII for the future of his daughters

    The three daughters of Konstantinos (VIII) grew up in the palace after the death of their mother, Helena. Eudokia, whose appearance was disfigured by disease, persuaded her father to dedicate her to a monastery, but Zoe (I) and Theodora (I) grew up accepting life in the palace without seeking to influence their future. Neither Basileios II nor Konstantinos VIII, when he took over rule, made any public decisions worthy of an emperor in their respect, till the end of Konstantinos' life. He then used Zoe, the most imperial of his daughters, to establish the succession

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos
    • Eudokia 101 Εὐδοκία Eudokia, daughter of Konstantinos VIII
    • Helena 103 τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ πατρικίου Ἀλ Helena, wife of Konstantinos VIII
    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII
    • Theodora 1 Θεοδώραν (BBÖ I.19) Empress Theodora
    • Zoe 1 Ζωή Empress Zoe

  • 1025: Konstantinos VIII suspected rebels everywhere & blinded them (unspecific)

    He frequently used the punishment of blinding, which he regarded as lighter than other physical penalties. He often blinded people on a mere accusation, usually because he claimed they were planning revolt. Those he blinded were often more worthy than those he promoted.

    People involved

    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII

  • 1025: Konstantinos VIII pursued a past vendetta against Konstantinos Bourtzes by blinding him

    Konstantinos Bourtzes used to report to Basileios II about the licentious actions of Konstantinos VIII before he ascended the throne. As soon as Konstantinos VIII achieved sole power he had Bourtzes blinded

    People involved

    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII
    • Konstantinos 20476 Κωνσταντίνῳ (Cheynet: Bourtzai 4) Konstantinos Bourtzes, patrikios