Ahasuerus

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King of Persia in the Book of Esther; had his palace at Shushan (Susa).

Names

  • Hebrew: אחשורוש = ʾḤshWRWSh 1
  • Syriac: ܐܚܫܝܪܫ = ʾḤShYRSh 2
  • Syriac: ܐܣܘܪܘܣ = ʾSWRWS 3

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela1 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian2-3 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Ahasuerus: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 73 [Hebrew 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), 69 [Syriac].
    • Assuérus: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 105, 106 [French].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 72 [Syriac].
    • Assuérus: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 110 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Ahasuerus” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14124.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Liran Yadgar: abstract and gender assignment, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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