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Romans

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Names

  • Arabic: بنو الأصفر = Banū l-Aṣfar 1-2
  • Arabic: الروم = al-Rūm 3-5
  • Armenian: Հոռմաց = Hoṛmats‘ 6
  • Armenian: Հոռոմ = Hoṛom 7-10
  • Armenian: Հոռմոց = Hoṛmots‘ 9
  • Armenian: Հոռոմոց = Hoṛomots‘ 8, 11
  • Armenian: Հռոմայական = Hṛomayakan 12
  • Armenian: Հռոմայեցիք = Hṛomayets‘ik‘ 12
  • Armenian: Հռոմայեցւոց = Hṛomayets‘wots‘ 13
  • Greek: Ῥωμαῖοι, Ῥωμαίων, Ῥωμαίοις, Ῥωμαίους = Rhōmaioi, Rhōmaiōn, Rhōmaiois, Rhōmaious 14
  • Latin: Romani 15
  • Persian: روم = Rūm 16
  • Persian: رومیان = Rūmiyān 17, 19
  • Persian: رومی = Rūmī 18
  • Syriac: ܪ̈ܘܡܝܐ = RWMYʾ 20

Attributes

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Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād.1-3 before 843 CEc. 820-843 CE687 A.H. / 1288-9 CE1993
Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa.4-5 before 1354 CE1354-1356early 1180 A.H. / 17661997
Event mentioned by an Armenian scribe.6 1403140314031955
Event mentioned by Nersēs Krakts‘i.7 1335133513351950
Event mentioned by Dawit‘ Episkopos.8 1453145314531958
Event mentioned by Abraham Ankiwrats‘i.9 before 1453late 15th C16171957
Event mentioned by an Armenian scribe.10 1464146414641958
Event mentioned by Pawghos.11 1310131013101950
Event mentioned by Karapet.12 1365136513651950
Event mentioned by Martiros.13 1303130313031950
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.14 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion15 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw16-19 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian20 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 25, 26, 31, 121, 262, 301, 306 [Arabic].
    • Banū al-Aṣfar: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 13, 250–1, 306, 312 [English].
  • 2Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 25, 26, 31, 121, 262, 301, 306 [Arabic].
    • Byzantines: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), xxx-xxxi, xxxv, 13, 20, 43, 49, 53, 116–17, 121, 124, 147, 149, 155, 159, 167, 199, 201, 203, 218, 226, 228, 234, 242-87, 289, 290-1, 293-4, 299-300, 301, 303, 305, 307, 308-10, 311, 312, 315-19, 321, 414, 438–9, 440-1, 443 [English].
  • 3Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 26, 31, 56, 64, 70, 128, 129, 136, 145, 148, 157, 162, 164, 170, 174, 181, 184, 187, 216, 218, 220, 236, 243, 244, 245, 246, 249, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317, 333, 362, 364, 366, 368, 381, 402, 406, 410, 414, 416, 429, 430, 431, 432 [Arabic].
    • Byzantines: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), xxx-xxxi, xxxv, 13, 20, 43, 49, 53, 116–17, 121, 124, 147, 149, 155, 159, 167, 199, 201, 203, 218, 226, 228, 234, 242-87, 289, 290-1, 293-4, 299-300, 301, 303, 305, 307, 308-10, 311, 312, 315-19, 321, 414, 438–9, 440-1, 443 [English].
  • 4Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 1:244, 265, 294, 306 [Arabic].
    • Christians : H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), I, 77, 88, 115, 124 [English].
  • 5Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:160-161, 259 [Arabic].
    • al-Rūm: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 415-6, 516 [English].
  • 6L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1955), no. 32 I: p. 33 [Armenian].
    • Hoṙmac‘: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1403 (no. 2) [English].
  • 7L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), nos. 338a, 338b, 338c, 338d pp. 273-275 [Armenian].
    • Hoṙom: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1335 (no. 6) [English].
  • 8L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 38 II: pp. 30-31 [Armenian].
    • Hoṙom, Hoṙomoc‘: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1453 (no. 1) [English].
  • 9H.S. Anasyan, ed., Haykakan Aghbyurnerĕ Byuzandiayi Ankman Masin (Yerevan: Haykakan SSṚ Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1957), pp. 35-55 [Armenian].
    • Hoṙom, Hoṙmoc‘: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1453 (no. 3) [English].
  • 10L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 260 II: p. 216 [Armenian].
    • Hoṙom: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1464 (no. 3) [English].
  • 11L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 90a pp. 66-67 [Armenian].
    • Hoṙomoc‘: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1310 (no. 2) [English].
  • 12L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 569 pp. 469-469 [Armenian].
    • Hṙomayakan, Hṙomayec‘ik‘: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1365 (no. 2) [English].
  • 13L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 17b pp. 16-17 [Armenian].
    • Hṙomayec‘woc‘: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1303 (no. 4) [English].
  • 14Romans: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.5, 6, 7; 2.13, 16-19, 23-24, 32; 3.30, 40, 63; 4.19, 22, 24, 49; 5.64; 6.7, 8, 13-14, 16, 53, 55; 8.17, 30, 59-61; 9.62 [Greek with English translation].
  • 15Romani: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), V 7, VII 24, VIII 6. [Latin].
  • 16Byzantines: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 16-17, 50 [Persian with English translation].
  • 17Byzantines: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 54 [Persian with English translation].
  • 18Greek: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 52 [Persian with English translation].
  • 19Greeks: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 54, 59 [Persian with English translation].
  • 20Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 8 [Syriac].
    • Romains: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 15, 19, 32, 56, 80, 115, 121-123, 129-131, 133, 134, 137, 168; II, 213, 235, 251, 265, 322, 323; III, 75, 437, 439 [French].

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Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Romans” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified November 7, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13585.

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  • Jessica Mutter: matching, Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan; Arabic collection from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account; and matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: citation generation from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts and categorization from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
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  • Mary Papadopoulos: matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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