Ezra the priest

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/14222

Biblical figure.

Names

  • Hebrew: עזרא הכהן = ʿZRʾ HKHN 1
  • Persian: عزیر = ʿUzayr 2
  • Syriac: ܥܙܪܐ = ʿZRʾ 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 Nāṣir-i Khusraw2 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian3 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Ezra the priest: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 43, 51, 52, 73 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2Ezra: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 22 [Persian with English translation].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 72 [Syriac].
    • Esdras: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 105-108 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Ezra the priest” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14222.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw'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
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Mary Papadopoulos: matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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