Al-Nu'mān ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Shuʿayb ibn ʿUmar al-Qurṭubī, known by the Byzantines as Anemas, was the son of the last Emir of Crete, Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb. Following the Siege of Chandax and the reconquest of Crete by the Byzantines, Al-Nu'man and his father were taken as prisoners to Constantinople, where Al-Nu'man converted to Christianity, him and his father were displayed during the triumph of the conqueror and future emperor Nikephoros II Phokas.