Xerxes

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Achaemenid emperor, son of Darius I

Names

  • Greek: Ξέρξεω, Ξέρξην = Xerxeō, Xerxēn 1
  • Syriac: ܟܣܐܪܟܣܝܣ = KSʾRKSYS 2
  • Syriac: ܐܟܣܘܢܘܪܟܝܘܣ = ʾKSWΝWRKYWS 3
  • Syriac: ܟܣܘܢܪܟܝܣܝܣ = KSWΝRKYSYS 4

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian2-4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Xerxes: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 3.49, 53; 4.19 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 70 [Syriac].
    • Xerxès: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 107 [French].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 69 [Syriac].
    • Xerxès: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 105 [French].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 69 [Syriac].
    • Xerxès: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 105 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Xerxes” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14057.

Additional credit information:

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