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Assyrians

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A group

Names

  • Greek: Ἀσσυρίων, Ἀσσυρίοις, Ἀσσυρίους = Assyriōn, Assyriois, Assyrious 1
  • Latin: Assyrii 2-3
  • Syriac: ܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ = ʾTWRYʾ 4

Attributes

  • Group

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion2 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce3 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Assyrians: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.4, 9; 2.8; 3.10, 13, 23, 27, 36, 37, 68, 70-72 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Assyrii: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VIII 1. [Latin].
  • 3Assyrii: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), X 38. [Latin].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 8 [Syriac].
    • Assyriens: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 16, 25, 34, 77, 90, 92, 101, 102, 120, 254; III, 300, 434 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Assyrians” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13652.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; gender assignment, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Margaret Gaida: matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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