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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:34, 26 February 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l16">Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib. II, ch. I]: Among the descendants of Ham are: the &#039;&#039;Hindôyê&#039;&#039;&lt;ref&gt;&quot;&#039;&#039;Hindūyē&#039;&#039;&quot; (Indians) here indicates the peoples of Ethiopia. (Chabot)&lt;/ref&gt;, the &#039;&#039;Mesrôyê&#039;&#039; (Egyptians), the Hittites, the Jebusites, the Hivites, the Amorites, the Gergesites, the Aradites. (Chabot I, p. 16).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib. II, ch. I]: Among the descendants of Ham are: the &#039;&#039;Hindôyê&#039;&#039;&lt;ref&gt;&quot;&#039;&#039;Hindūyē&#039;&#039;&quot; (Indians) here indicates the peoples of Ethiopia. (Chabot)&lt;/ref&gt;, the &#039;&#039;Mesrôyê&#039;&#039; (Egyptians), the Hittites, the Jebusites, the Hivites, the Amorites, the Gergesites, the Aradites. (Chabot I, p. 16).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib.II, ch. III]: The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>children of Hām, the second son of Noah, received as their lot all the southern region [of the world] which can be inhabited, from the East to the West, i.e. from the middle and the southern Indias&lt;ref&gt;"India" was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">caguely </del>used by the Middle Ages writers for all the Red Sea countries: Ethiopia, Yemen, Aden and adjoining hinterland. some writers specified "Inner India", "Outer India" and "Middle India" but they never mentioned any known country as corresponding to any specific part of "India".&lt;/ref&gt;,  the country of Kūsh, Saba, Egypt. (ibid., I, p. I8).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib.II, ch. III]: The children of Hām, the second son of Noah, received as their lot all the southern region [of the world] which can be inhabited, from the East to the West, i.e. from the middle and the southern Indias&lt;ref&gt;"India" was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">vaguely </ins>used by the Middle Ages writers for all the Red Sea countries: Ethiopia, Yemen, Aden and adjoining hinterland. some writers specified "Inner India", "Outer India" and "Middle India" but they never mentioned any known country as corresponding to any specific part of "India".&lt;/ref&gt;,  the country of Kūsh, Saba, Egypt. (ibid., I, p. I8).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib.II, ch.VIII]: Names of peoples who possess the art of writing: from among the descendants of Hām: [the] Egyptians, [the] Pamphylians, the Phrygians. Those who do not know the art of the writing: the Kushites, the Troglodites. (ibid. I, p. 32).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib.II, ch.VIII]: Names of peoples who possess the art of writing: from among the descendants of Hām: [the] Egyptians, [the] Pamphylians, the Phrygians. Those who do not know the art of the writing: the Kushites, the Troglodites. (ibid. I, p. 32).</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l52">Line 52:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 52:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 313]&#039;&#039;&#039; [John of Ephesus&#039; Account]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 313]&#039;&#039;&#039; [John of Ephesus&#039; Account]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There was among the entourage (''synodos'') of Pope Theodosius a priest named Julian. He showed himself fired by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seal </del>for the people who were inhabiting the upper frontier of Thebaid, to the east, in Upper Egypt. These people used to receive a tribute from the Romans, on the condition that they did not carry out raids [in Egypt]. As Julian wished to devote himself to the care of these people, he informed our late empress, Theodora, who then considered how to protect the faith. She joyfully informed the emperor about the project, in order that he himself might support her plan to have this Julian sent. But the emperor decided to send a bishop [from the party] of the Chalcedonians. He hastened to write to the prefect of the Thebaid to send one of the bishops of that region. As the empress learned that, she wrote to the prefect a letter like this: 'The emperor and I have decided to send [a mission] to [the people of] the Nabados. Now I am sending Julian and want him to be the first to enter there.' The prefect delayed the delegate of the emperor until Julian arrived and had proceeded further. When the delegate of the emperor realized [the trick], he tore his vestment but he succeeded in entering only later on.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There was among the entourage (''synodos'') of Pope Theodosius a priest named Julian. He showed himself fired by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">zeal </ins>for the people who were inhabiting the upper frontier of Thebaid, to the east, in Upper Egypt. These people used to receive a tribute from the Romans, on the condition that they did not carry out raids [in Egypt]. As Julian wished to devote himself to the care of these people, he informed our late empress, Theodora, who then considered how to protect the faith. She joyfully informed the emperor about the project, in order that he himself might support her plan to have this Julian sent. But the emperor decided to send a bishop [from the party] of the Chalcedonians. He hastened to write to the prefect of the Thebaid to send one of the bishops of that region. As the empress learned that, she wrote to the prefect a letter like this: 'The emperor and I have decided to send [a mission] to [the people of] the Nabados. Now I am sending Julian and want him to be the first to enter there.' The prefect delayed the delegate of the emperor until Julian arrived and had proceeded further. When the delegate of the emperor realized [the trick], he tore his vestment but he succeeded in entering only later on.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Julian, when he came to the king of the Nabados, was received with rejoicing. The letter from the empress was read. The king and all his people were converted and baptized. Julian told them about the schism of Chalcedon.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Julian, when he came to the king of the Nabados, was received with rejoicing. The letter from the empress was read. The king and all his people were converted and baptized. Julian told them about the schism of Chalcedon.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l60">Line 60:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 60:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Julian stayed there for two years. People used to tell that from the third to the tenth hour of the day, he was staying in caverns full of water, naked, except for wearing a loin cloth, keeping only the upper part of his body out of the water.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Julian stayed there for two years. People used to tell that from the third to the tenth hour of the day, he was staying in caverns full of water, naked, except for wearing a loin cloth, keeping only the upper part of his body out of the water.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He baptised the king and all his people. He had taken along with him a bishop from Thebaid. After he had instructed and organized them <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>the Nabados<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del>, he left them in the charge of this bishop and came back to the capital, where he died.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He baptised the king and all his people. He had taken along with him a bishop from Thebaid. After he had instructed and organized them <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>the Nabados<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>, he left them in the charge of this bishop and came back to the capital, where he died.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Patriarch Theodosius, about the time of his death, remembered those people and ordained Longinus to be their bishop. When the emperor learned that, he prevented Longinus from travelling to that country. At the end of three years, this [Longinus] escaped, reached that country and built there some churches. He also taught them the discipline (&#039;&#039;taxis&#039;&#039;) and the holy mysteries of Christianity. ... Longinus had already spent six years there when he was invited by the faithful to take part in the election of the Pope of Alexandria. He then left for Mareotis. These people were subject to the seat of Alexandria and kept the pure [Orthodox] faith. (Ibid. II, pp. 265-267).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Patriarch Theodosius, about the time of his death, remembered those people and ordained Longinus to be their bishop. When the emperor learned that, he prevented Longinus from travelling to that country. At the end of three years, this [Longinus] escaped, reached that country and built there some churches. He also taught them the discipline (&#039;&#039;taxis&#039;&#039;) and the holy mysteries of Christianity. ... Longinus had already spent six years there when he was invited by the faithful to take part in the election of the Pope of Alexandria. He then left for Mareotis. These people were subject to the seat of Alexandria and kept the pure [Orthodox] faith. (Ibid. II, pp. 265-267).</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l72">Line 72:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 72:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 316]&#039;&#039;&#039; [The Journey of the Nubian Prince to Baghdad]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 316]&#039;&#039;&#039; [The Journey of the Nubian Prince to Baghdad]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib. XII, ch. XIX]: In this year 1147 [= 835/836 A.D.], Georgius, who was the son of the king of the Nubians, set out on a journey <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>to come<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) </del>to pay a visit to the king of the Tayâyê, and this was the reason. The kings of the Nubians since olden times used to give every year to the king of the Tayâyê 360 Moorish slaves, trained monkeys which could imitate men in their manners, some animals which are called ''Zoraphê'' (giraffe), elephant tusks and skins of tigers [= leopards]. The kings of the Tayâyê used to give the Nubians a certain number of ''khure'' of wheat, vegetables from Egypt, a specified number of ''kaile'' of olive oil and textiles for precious vestments and they permitted the king of the Nubians to collect taxes from the Nubians who were living throughout the empire of the Tayâyê, without hindrance. By virtue of this agreement and arrangement, the Tayâyê would not seize the Nubians, nor did the Nubians cross beyond the town of Syene, which is on the frontiers on the side of Egypt and the empire of the Arabs.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Lib. XII, ch. XIX]: In this year 1147 [= 835/836 A.D.], Georgius, who was the son of the king of the Nubians, set out on a journey <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>to come<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>to pay a visit to the king of the Tayâyê, and this was the reason. The kings of the Nubians since olden times used to give every year to the king of the Tayâyê 360 Moorish slaves, trained monkeys which could imitate men in their manners, some animals which are called ''Zoraphê'' (giraffe), elephant tusks and skins of tigers [= leopards]. The kings of the Tayâyê used to give the Nubians a certain number of ''khure'' of wheat, vegetables from Egypt, a specified number of ''kaile'' of olive oil and textiles for precious vestments and they permitted the king of the Nubians to collect taxes from the Nubians who were living throughout the empire of the Tayâyê, without hindrance. By virtue of this agreement and arrangement, the Tayâyê would not seize the Nubians, nor did the Nubians cross beyond the town of Syene, which is on the frontiers on the side of Egypt and the empire of the Arabs.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Now, it happened that this agreement was being infringed, as a consequence of the trouble which spread over the world and caused disturbances&lt;ref&gt;The strife between al-Ma&#039;mūn and his half-brother, al-Amīn, which began over the succession, continued for years after the death of the latter in 813 A.D.&lt;/ref&gt;  and unrest at the time of the sons of Harun. Also it was a consequence of the extension of the empire of the Tayâyê who disparaged the Nubians. These arrangements had been abandoned: the Nubians did not keep the tradition of sending something to the Arabs, nor did the Arabs keep their part of the bargain in sending something to the Nubians.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Now, it happened that this agreement was being infringed, as a consequence of the trouble which spread over the world and caused disturbances&lt;ref&gt;The strife between al-Ma&#039;mūn and his half-brother, al-Amīn, which began over the succession, continued for years after the death of the latter in 813 A.D.&lt;/ref&gt;  and unrest at the time of the sons of Harun. Also it was a consequence of the extension of the empire of the Tayâyê who disparaged the Nubians. These arrangements had been abandoned: the Nubians did not keep the tradition of sending something to the Arabs, nor did the Arabs keep their part of the bargain in sending something to the Nubians.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l80">Line 80:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 80:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Zacharias saw the messenger of the Tayâyê, thinking of the snares which the Arabs extended to him, he decided to send his son, who was [already proclaimed] a king, to Abū Isḥāq&lt;ref&gt;Al-Mu&#039;taṣim&#039;s own name was &quot;Ibrāhīm&quot;, hence the nickname &quot;Abū Isḥāq&quot;&lt;/ref&gt;,  if he would grant such a favour, in order to settle satisfactorily all the requests of the royal delegation. He said to the messenger: &quot;I do not want to conclude a treaty by letters; I shall send my son who is king over the Nubians, to pay homage to your king.&quot;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Zacharias saw the messenger of the Tayâyê, thinking of the snares which the Arabs extended to him, he decided to send his son, who was [already proclaimed] a king, to Abū Isḥāq&lt;ref&gt;Al-Mu&#039;taṣim&#039;s own name was &quot;Ibrāhīm&quot;, hence the nickname &quot;Abū Isḥāq&quot;&lt;/ref&gt;,  if he would grant such a favour, in order to settle satisfactorily all the requests of the royal delegation. He said to the messenger: &quot;I do not want to conclude a treaty by letters; I shall send my son who is king over the Nubians, to pay homage to your king.&quot;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When this messenger brought the news to Abū Isḥāq, the latter answered: "Let him come", and issued orders to the prefects of Egypt to meet him and receive him with due honour. When Abū Isḥāq was informed that the king of the Nubians had left and had arrived at Fusṭāṭ in Egypt, he wrote to the governors of Egypt to supply him with as many camels as he might need for his luggage, and to give him thirty dīnārs daily for his own expenses and to have him received by the chiefs of every town, with the '''[p. 318]''' honours due to a King. When the prince arrived at Callinice,&lt;ref&gt;Callinice or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>Nicephorium<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del>, on the left bank of the Euphrates, corresponds to Raqqa, today in the Syrian Gezira. On the journey of the Nubian king of Baghdad, cf. G. Vantini, '<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</del>Le Roi Kirki à Baghdad, in "Kunst und Geschichte Nubians in Christlicher Zeit''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>, Recklinghausen 1970, pp. 41-48.&lt;/ref&gt; the emir of Jezirah came to meet him. The Tayâyê and the Christians accompanied him to see the unprecedented marvel which had happened in their country. He rode a camel harnessed with a saddle quite different from those of our country. An umbrella in the form of a dome covered with scarlet cloth was carried above his head, and on the top of the umbrella was fitted a golden cross. He held the sceptre in one hand, and a cross in the other. On his right and left young Nubians marched carrying crosses in their hands. Before him rode a bishop, he too holding a cross in his hand. All these crosses were of gold. The remainder of the horsemen and slaves followed behind, and around him were all blacks. Two other bishops, who had left with him, had died on the way, as had many other persons of his retinue, because they had journeyed in the time of snow and frost which they had never experienced in their own country. They stopped at Callinice on Christmas day. He went down to Baghdad being escorted in the streets by the troops. He took lodging in one of the royal palaces. He stayed there from ''sebāt'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>February<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) </del>until ''āb'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>August<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</del>. The reason for this delay was the following. A Nubian who was in charge of receiving the dues of the Nubian subjects in the country of the Tayâyê had rebelled against the king of the Nubians and became a Muslim. Georgi[us] chased him, recaptured him and fettered him.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When this messenger brought the news to Abū Isḥāq, the latter answered: "Let him come", and issued orders to the prefects of Egypt to meet him and receive him with due honour. When Abū Isḥāq was informed that the king of the Nubians had left and had arrived at Fusṭāṭ in Egypt, he wrote to the governors of Egypt to supply him with as many camels as he might need for his luggage, and to give him thirty dīnārs daily for his own expenses and to have him received by the chiefs of every town, with the '''[p. 318]''' honours due to a King. When the prince arrived at Callinice,&lt;ref&gt;Callinice or Nicephorium, on the left bank of the Euphrates, corresponds to Raqqa, today in the Syrian Gezira. On the journey of the Nubian king of Baghdad, cf. G. Vantini, '<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>Le Roi Kirki à Baghdad<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'"</ins>, in "Kunst und Geschichte Nubians in Christlicher Zeit'', Recklinghausen 1970, pp. 41-48.&lt;/ref&gt; the emir of Jezirah came to meet him. The Tayâyê and the Christians accompanied him to see the unprecedented marvel which had happened in their country. He rode a camel harnessed with a saddle quite different from those of our country. An umbrella in the form of a dome covered with scarlet cloth was carried above his head, and on the top of the umbrella was fitted a golden cross. He held the sceptre in one hand, and a cross in the other. On his right and left young Nubians marched carrying crosses in their hands. Before him rode a bishop, he too holding a cross in his hand. All these crosses were of gold. The remainder of the horsemen and slaves followed behind, and around him were all blacks. Two other bishops, who had left with him, had died on the way, as had many other persons of his retinue, because they had journeyed in the time of snow and frost which they had never experienced in their own country. They stopped at Callinice on Christmas day. He went down to Baghdad being escorted in the streets by the troops. He took lodging in one of the royal palaces. He stayed there from ''sebāt'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>February<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>until ''āb'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>August<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>. The reason for this delay was the following. A Nubian who was in charge of receiving the dues of the Nubian subjects in the country of the Tayâyê had rebelled against the king of the Nubians and became a Muslim. Georgi[us] chased him, recaptured him and fettered him.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Now, this wretched man had the idea of writing to the king of the Tayâyê telling him: - &quot;This man is an &#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 319]&#039;&#039;&#039; impostor.&quot; The king sent to Egypt to enquire about the accusation brought by the rebel. For this reason the audience of Georgi[us] with Abū Isḥāq was postponed. When the answer arrived, assuring that he actually was the king and son of a king, Abū Isḥāq sent for him. On his arrival, Abū Isḥāq ordered his troops to go out dressed in their armour and ornaments to meet him. They stood on both sides of the road he was passing through. He was wearing the crown, which was a tiara with a cross on top of it. A throne more splendid than usual was prepared for Abū Isḥāq.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Now, this wretched man had the idea of writing to the king of the Tayâyê telling him: - &quot;This man is an &#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 319]&#039;&#039;&#039; impostor.&quot; The king sent to Egypt to enquire about the accusation brought by the rebel. For this reason the audience of Georgi[us] with Abū Isḥāq was postponed. When the answer arrived, assuring that he actually was the king and son of a king, Abū Isḥāq sent for him. On his arrival, Abū Isḥāq ordered his troops to go out dressed in their armour and ornaments to meet him. They stood on both sides of the road he was passing through. He was wearing the crown, which was a tiara with a cross on top of it. A throne more splendid than usual was prepared for Abū Isḥāq.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l88">Line 88:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 88:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As we have already mentioned, Patriarch Mar Dionysius descended to Baghdad, as he himself tells it:&lt;ref&gt;The following parallel account by Dionysius of Tell Mahre is quoted by Michael on a separate column side by side, with his own story. CF. R. Abramovski, &#039;&#039;Dionysius&#039;&#039;, Leipzig 1940.&lt;/ref&gt;  &quot;At the beginning of the month of &#039;&#039;āb&#039;&#039; (August) of the year 1147 I went to king Abū Isḥāq, as I used to do with his brother. He received me peacefully, in the new palace which he had built between the two canals.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As we have already mentioned, Patriarch Mar Dionysius descended to Baghdad, as he himself tells it:&lt;ref&gt;The following parallel account by Dionysius of Tell Mahre is quoted by Michael on a separate column side by side, with his own story. CF. R. Abramovski, &#039;&#039;Dionysius&#039;&#039;, Leipzig 1940.&lt;/ref&gt;  &quot;At the beginning of the month of &#039;&#039;āb&#039;&#039; (August) of the year 1147 I went to king Abū Isḥāq, as I used to do with his brother. He received me peacefully, in the new palace which he had built between the two canals.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The king of the Nubians, Georgi[us], who had arrived in Baghdad the previous ''sebāt'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>February<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) </del>had not yet been '''[p. 320]''' received by Abū Isḥāq. Now, while Georgi[us], the king of the Nubians was on his way to Baghdad, he had written to me upon his arrival at Callinice, that he desired to meet me so that we might personally accompany him with our prayers. I answered him: "That is impossible without leave from the king. You should rather continue your journey. As soon as I arrive there, I shall see you."</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The king of the Nubians, Georgi[us], who had arrived in Baghdad the previous ''sebāt'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>February<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>had not yet been '''[p. 320]''' received by Abū Isḥāq. Now, while Georgi[us], the king of the Nubians was on his way to Baghdad, he had written to me upon his arrival at Callinice, that he desired to meet me so that we might personally accompany him with our prayers. I answered him: "That is impossible without leave from the king. You should rather continue your journey. As soon as I arrive there, I shall see you."</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That is why I recalled that matter to the mind of the king and told him that I wished to meet him because he was a member of our community. I did not know the reason for the delay.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That is why I recalled that matter to the mind of the king and told him that I wished to meet him because he was a member of our community. I did not know the reason for the delay.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:39, 22 February 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l78">Line 78:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 78:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 317]&#039;&#039;&#039; Mutasim noticed these things. He summoned one of his advisors and sent him to say to the king of the Nubians: &quot;Send me the presents, according to the old custom of all the years past: if you fail to do that, I shall send the Tayâyê to devastate your country.&quot; When the envoy arrived, he found that the king of the Nabados had died and that, at that time, the kingdom was ruled by a prince named Zacharias. He [= Zacharias] was not of royal descent - without which it is unlawful among them to become king - but he had a son of a woman whose family was of royal descent. This son was called Georgi[us]. They crowned him king, while his father ruled the kingdom until such time as the boy became of age.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 317]&#039;&#039;&#039; Mutasim noticed these things. He summoned one of his advisors and sent him to say to the king of the Nubians: &quot;Send me the presents, according to the old custom of all the years past: if you fail to do that, I shall send the Tayâyê to devastate your country.&quot; When the envoy arrived, he found that the king of the Nabados had died and that, at that time, the kingdom was ruled by a prince named Zacharias. He [= Zacharias] was not of royal descent - without which it is unlawful among them to become king - but he had a son of a woman whose family was of royal descent. This son was called Georgi[us]. They crowned him king, while his father ruled the kingdom until such time as the boy became of age.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Zacharias saw the messenger of the Tayâyê, thinking of the snares which the Arabs extended to him, he decided to send his son, who was [already proclaimed] a king, to Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq</del>&lt;ref&gt;Al-Mu'taṣim's own name was "Ibrāhīm", hence the nickname "Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq</del>"&lt;/ref&gt;,  if he would grant such a favour, in order to settle satisfactorily all the requests of the royal delegation. He said to the messenger: "I do not want to conclude a treaty by letters; I shall send my son who is king over the Nubians, to pay homage to your king."</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Zacharias saw the messenger of the Tayâyê, thinking of the snares which the Arabs extended to him, he decided to send his son, who was [already proclaimed] a king, to Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq</ins>&lt;ref&gt;Al-Mu'taṣim's own name was "Ibrāhīm", hence the nickname "Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq</ins>"&lt;/ref&gt;,  if he would grant such a favour, in order to settle satisfactorily all the requests of the royal delegation. He said to the messenger: "I do not want to conclude a treaty by letters; I shall send my son who is king over the Nubians, to pay homage to your king."</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When this messenger brought the news to Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq</del>, the latter answered: "Let him come", and issued orders to the prefects of Egypt to meet him and receive him with due honour. When Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq </del>was informed that the king of the Nubians had left and had arrived at Fusṭāṭ in Egypt, he wrote to the governors of Egypt to supply him with as many camels as he might need for his luggage, and to give him thirty dīnārs daily for his own expenses and to have him received by the chiefs of every town, with the '''[p. 318]''' honours due to a King. When the prince arrived at Callinice,&lt;ref&gt;Callinice or (Nicephorium), on the left bank of the Euphrates, corresponds to Raqqa, today in the Syrian Gezira. On the journey of the Nubian king of Baghdad, cf. G. Vantini, ''Le Roi Kirki à Baghdad, in "Kunst und Geschichte Nubians in Christlicher Zeit''", Recklinghausen 1970, pp. 41-48.&lt;/ref&gt; the emir of Jezirah came to meet him. The Tayâyê and the Christians accompanied him to see the unprecedented marvel which had happened in their country. He rode a camel harnessed with a saddle quite different from those of our country. An umbrella in the form of a dome covered with scarlet cloth was carried above his head, and on the top of the umbrella was fitted a golden cross. He held the sceptre in one hand, and a cross in the other. On his right and left young Nubians marched carrying crosses in their hands. Before him rode a bishop, he too holding a cross in his hand. All these crosses were of gold. The remainder of the horsemen and slaves followed behind, and around him were all blacks. Two other bishops, who had left with him, had died on the way, as had many other persons of his retinue, because they had journeyed in the time of snow and frost which they had never experienced in their own country. They stopped at Callinice on Christmas day. He went down to Baghdad being escorted in the streets by the troops. He took lodging in one of the royal palaces. He stayed there from ''sebāt'' (February) until ''āb'' (August). The reason for this delay was the following. A Nubian who was in charge of receiving the dues of the Nubian subjects in the country of the Tayâyê had rebelled against the king of the Nubians and became a Muslim. Georgi[us] chased him, recaptured him and fettered him.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When this messenger brought the news to Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq</ins>, the latter answered: "Let him come", and issued orders to the prefects of Egypt to meet him and receive him with due honour. When Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq </ins>was informed that the king of the Nubians had left and had arrived at Fusṭāṭ in Egypt, he wrote to the governors of Egypt to supply him with as many camels as he might need for his luggage, and to give him thirty dīnārs daily for his own expenses and to have him received by the chiefs of every town, with the '''[p. 318]''' honours due to a King. When the prince arrived at Callinice,&lt;ref&gt;Callinice or (Nicephorium), on the left bank of the Euphrates, corresponds to Raqqa, today in the Syrian Gezira. On the journey of the Nubian king of Baghdad, cf. G. Vantini, ''Le Roi Kirki à Baghdad, in "Kunst und Geschichte Nubians in Christlicher Zeit''", Recklinghausen 1970, pp. 41-48.&lt;/ref&gt; the emir of Jezirah came to meet him. The Tayâyê and the Christians accompanied him to see the unprecedented marvel which had happened in their country. He rode a camel harnessed with a saddle quite different from those of our country. An umbrella in the form of a dome covered with scarlet cloth was carried above his head, and on the top of the umbrella was fitted a golden cross. He held the sceptre in one hand, and a cross in the other. On his right and left young Nubians marched carrying crosses in their hands. Before him rode a bishop, he too holding a cross in his hand. All these crosses were of gold. The remainder of the horsemen and slaves followed behind, and around him were all blacks. Two other bishops, who had left with him, had died on the way, as had many other persons of his retinue, because they had journeyed in the time of snow and frost which they had never experienced in their own country. They stopped at Callinice on Christmas day. He went down to Baghdad being escorted in the streets by the troops. He took lodging in one of the royal palaces. He stayed there from ''sebāt'' (February) until ''āb'' (August). The reason for this delay was the following. A Nubian who was in charge of receiving the dues of the Nubian subjects in the country of the Tayâyê had rebelled against the king of the Nubians and became a Muslim. Georgi[us] chased him, recaptured him and fettered him.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Now, this wretched man had the idea of writing to the king of the Tayâyê telling him: - "This man is an '''[p. 319]''' impostor." The king sent to Egypt to enquire about the accusation brought by the rebel. For this reason the audience of Georgi[us] with Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq </del>was postponed. When the answer arrived, assuring that he actually was the king and son of a king, Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq </del>sent for him. On his arrival, Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq </del>ordered his troops to go out dressed in their armour and ornaments to meet him. They stood on both sides of the road he was passing through. He was wearing the crown, which was a tiara with a cross on top of it. A throne more splendid than usual was prepared for Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq</del>.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Now, this wretched man had the idea of writing to the king of the Tayâyê telling him: - "This man is an '''[p. 319]''' impostor." The king sent to Egypt to enquire about the accusation brought by the rebel. For this reason the audience of Georgi[us] with Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq </ins>was postponed. When the answer arrived, assuring that he actually was the king and son of a king, Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq </ins>sent for him. On his arrival, Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq </ins>ordered his troops to go out dressed in their armour and ornaments to meet him. They stood on both sides of the road he was passing through. He was wearing the crown, which was a tiara with a cross on top of it. A throne more splendid than usual was prepared for Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Georgi[us] advanced towards the king who took him by the hand and made him sit before him. [Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq</del>] learned from him, through a translator, that he had come to salute him. He received Georgi[us] very well and gave him rich presents of gold and silver and cloths for vestments, musk of amber, ten she-camels from the royal stables, caparisoned, and issued orders that he should be treated with honour in all towns until he entered his own territory, and that thirty ''dīnārs'' be given him daily for his expenses.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Georgi[us] advanced towards the king who took him by the hand and made him sit before him. [Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq</ins>] learned from him, through a translator, that he had come to salute him. He received Georgi[us] very well and gave him rich presents of gold and silver and cloths for vestments, musk of amber, ten she-camels from the royal stables, caparisoned, and issued orders that he should be treated with honour in all towns until he entered his own territory, and that thirty ''dīnārs'' be given him daily for his expenses.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As we have already mentioned, Patriarch Mar Dionysius descended to Baghdad, as he himself tells it:&lt;ref&gt;The following parallel account by Dionysius of Tell Mahre is quoted by Michael on a separate column side by side, with his own story. CF. R. Abramovski, ''Dionysius'', Leipzig 1940.&lt;/ref&gt;  "At the beginning of the month of ''āb'' (August) of the year 1147 I went to king Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq</del>, as I used to do with his brother. He received me peacefully, in the new palace which he had built between the two canals.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As we have already mentioned, Patriarch Mar Dionysius descended to Baghdad, as he himself tells it:&lt;ref&gt;The following parallel account by Dionysius of Tell Mahre is quoted by Michael on a separate column side by side, with his own story. CF. R. Abramovski, ''Dionysius'', Leipzig 1940.&lt;/ref&gt;  "At the beginning of the month of ''āb'' (August) of the year 1147 I went to king Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq</ins>, as I used to do with his brother. He received me peacefully, in the new palace which he had built between the two canals.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The king of the Nubians, Georgi[us], who had arrived in Baghdad the previous ''sebāt'' (February) had not yet been '''[p. 320]''' received by Abū <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ishāq</del>. Now, while Georgi[us], the king of the Nubians was on his way to Baghdad, he had written to me upon his arrival at Callinice, that he desired to meet me so that we might personally accompany him with our prayers. I answered him: "That is impossible without leave from the king. You should rather continue your journey. As soon as I arrive there, I shall see you."</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The king of the Nubians, Georgi[us], who had arrived in Baghdad the previous ''sebāt'' (February) had not yet been '''[p. 320]''' received by Abū <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Isḥāq</ins>. Now, while Georgi[us], the king of the Nubians was on his way to Baghdad, he had written to me upon his arrival at Callinice, that he desired to meet me so that we might personally accompany him with our prayers. I answered him: "That is impossible without leave from the king. You should rather continue your journey. As soon as I arrive there, I shall see you."</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That is why I recalled that matter to the mind of the king and told him that I wished to meet him because he was a member of our community. I did not know the reason for the delay.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That is why I recalled that matter to the mind of the king and told him that I wished to meet him because he was a member of our community. I did not know the reason for the delay.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:29, 19 February 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(d. 1199 A.D.)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>(d. 1199 A.D.)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Michael the Great, born in Melitene, Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch 1166 - 1199 A.D. Wrote, besides other works, a Chronicle in Syriac, which is the main source for the history of the Jacobite Church up to 1195 A.D.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Michael the Great, born in Melitene, Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch 1166 - 1199 A.D. Wrote, besides other works, a Chronicle in Syriac, which is the main source for the history of the Jacobite Church up to 1195 A.D.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Krumbacher 405.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Krumbacher 405.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Ed.: J. B. Chabot, 3 vols. CSCO, Paris 1899-1905, with French transl.''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ed.: J. B. Chabot, 3 vols. CSCO, Paris 1899-1905, with French transl.''</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 309]&#039;&#039;&#039; [Stories from the Old Testament Era]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;[p. 309]&#039;&#039;&#039; [Stories from the Old Testament Era]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:27, 9 February 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">p</del>. 308-321]'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pp</ins>. 308-321]'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l49">Line 49:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(Lib.IX, ch.XXXI): The abominable Eutropius, a vessel of damnation, added to his own malice by ordaining ten bishops, whom he sent out in all directions to be champions of the heresy of the Phantasiasts. One of them went to Hirte of Beit Na&#039;mān and to the country of the Himyarites. His name was Sergius. He had been an ascetic and had received the tonsure; then he became a vessel of damnation. He spread the doctrine of the Phantasiasts and perverted those countries. He ordained priests and, after having spent three years in the country of the Himyarites, he appointed a bishop by name of Moses to become his successor: then Sergius himself died in the country of the Himyarites. The other (nine) bishops went to other countries far distant and deluded many peoples. By telling lies and spreading false accusations they calumniated the holy Severus [of Antioch, the Jacobite]. Then the Phantasiasts allied with the Gaianites&lt;ref&gt;A heretical faction of Alexandria, which opposed the Monophysistes (Copts), supported the Phantasiasts and was also favourable to the Council of Chalcedon. Cf. John of Ephesus, note 4.&lt;/ref&gt; of Alexandria and had one of their bishops consecrated a Patriarch. He, in his turn, made many bishops whom he sent out to all the country of Egypt and Kūsh, as well as to far distant countries, so that they eventually caused many people to fall into their ways of error. Then they split into factions among themselves. (ibid. II, pp. 263 - 264).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(Lib.IX, ch.XXXI): The abominable Eutropius, a vessel of damnation, added to his own malice by ordaining ten bishops, whom he sent out in all directions to be champions of the heresy of the Phantasiasts. One of them went to Hirte of Beit Na&#039;mān and to the country of the Himyarites. His name was Sergius. He had been an ascetic and had received the tonsure; then he became a vessel of damnation. He spread the doctrine of the Phantasiasts and perverted those countries. He ordained priests and, after having spent three years in the country of the Himyarites, he appointed a bishop by name of Moses to become his successor: then Sergius himself died in the country of the Himyarites. The other (nine) bishops went to other countries far distant and deluded many peoples. By telling lies and spreading false accusations they calumniated the holy Severus [of Antioch, the Jacobite]. Then the Phantasiasts allied with the Gaianites&lt;ref&gt;A heretical faction of Alexandria, which opposed the Monophysistes (Copts), supported the Phantasiasts and was also favourable to the Council of Chalcedon. Cf. John of Ephesus, note 4.&lt;/ref&gt; of Alexandria and had one of their bishops consecrated a Patriarch. He, in his turn, made many bishops whom he sent out to all the country of Egypt and Kūsh, as well as to far distant countries, so that they eventually caused many people to fall into their ways of error. Then they split into factions among themselves. (ibid. II, pp. 263 - 264).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(John of Ephesus' Account)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''[p. 313]''' </ins>(John of Ephesus' Account)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There was among the entourage (&#039;&#039;synodos&#039;&#039;) of Pope Theodosius a priest named Julian. He showed himself fired by seal for the people who were inhabiting the upper frontier of Thebaid, to the east, in Upper Egypt. These people used to receive a tribute from the Romans, on the condition that they did not carry out raids (in Egypt). As Julian wished to devote himself to the care of these people, he informed our late empress, Theodora, who then considered how to protect the faith. She joyfully informed the emperor about the project, in order that he himself might support her plan to have this Julian sent. But the emperor decided to send a bishop (from the party) of the Chalcedonians. He hastened to write to the prefect of the Thebaid to send one of the bishops of that region. As the empress learned that, she wrote to the prefect a letter like this: &#039;The emperor and I have decided to send (a mission) to (the people of) the Nabados. Now I am sending Julian and want him to be the first to enter there.&#039; The prefect delayed the delegate of the emperor until Julian arrived and had proceeded further. When the delegate of the emperor realized (the trick), he tore his vestment but he succeeded in entering only later on.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There was among the entourage (&#039;&#039;synodos&#039;&#039;) of Pope Theodosius a priest named Julian. He showed himself fired by seal for the people who were inhabiting the upper frontier of Thebaid, to the east, in Upper Egypt. These people used to receive a tribute from the Romans, on the condition that they did not carry out raids (in Egypt). As Julian wished to devote himself to the care of these people, he informed our late empress, Theodora, who then considered how to protect the faith. She joyfully informed the emperor about the project, in order that he himself might support her plan to have this Julian sent. But the emperor decided to send a bishop (from the party) of the Chalcedonians. He hastened to write to the prefect of the Thebaid to send one of the bishops of that region. As the empress learned that, she wrote to the prefect a letter like this: &#039;The emperor and I have decided to send (a mission) to (the people of) the Nabados. Now I am sending Julian and want him to be the first to enter there.&#039; The prefect delayed the delegate of the emperor until Julian arrived and had proceeded further. When the delegate of the emperor realized (the trick), he tore his vestment but he succeeded in entering only later on.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:07, 17 November 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[p. 308-]'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[p. 308-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">321</ins>]'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:51, 22 September 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l91">Line 91:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 91:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(Lib. XX, ch. II): The same year (= 1171 A.D.) Saladin, who was the ruler of Egypt, extended his empire over inner Arabia, as well as over several places of the Nu¬bian Kingdoms, through a brilliant victory, (ibid. Ill, p. 361).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(Lib. XX, ch. II): The same year (= 1171 A.D.) Saladin, who was the ruler of Egypt, extended his empire over inner Arabia, as well as over several places of the Nu¬bian Kingdoms, through a brilliant victory, (ibid. Ill, p. 361).</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Literary Sources]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:50, 22 September 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian (d. 1199 A.D.)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Michael the Syrian (d. 1199 A.D.)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Michael the Great, born in Melitene, Jacobite <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pat¬riarch </del>of Antioch 1166 — 1199 A.D. Wrote, besides other works, a Chronicle in Syriac, which is the main source for the history of the Jacobite Church up to 1195 A.D. Krumbacher 405.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Michael the Great, born in Melitene, Jacobite <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Patriarch </ins>of Antioch 1166 — 1199 A.D. Wrote, besides other works, a Chronicle in Syriac, which is the main source for the history of the Jacobite Church up to 1195 A.D. Krumbacher 405.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ed.: J. B. Chabot, 3 vols. CSCO, Paris 1899-1905, with French transl.&#039;&#039;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ed.: J. B. Chabot, 3 vols. CSCO, Paris 1899-1905, with French transl.&#039;&#039;</div></td></tr> </table>

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