Karbeas
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Who is Karbeas?
Karbeas, or Karbaias, was a Paulician leader, who following the anti-Paulician pogroms in 843 abandoned his service in the Byzantine army and went over to the Arabs. With the aid of the emir of Melitene, Umar al-Aqta, he founded the Paulician principality of Tephrike, which he ruled until his death in 863. During this period he participated alongside Umar in several raids against the Byzantine Empire.
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