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Zachariah

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/15089

father of John the Baptist

Names

  • Latin: Zacharias 1-2
  • Persian: زکریا = Zakariyyā 3

Attributes

  • Male

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion1 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce2 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw3 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Zacharias: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IX 28, X 16. [Latin].
  • 2Zacharias: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), V 13. 14. [Latin].
  • 3Zacharias: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 32, 33 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Zachariah” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/15089.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: abstract and gender assignment and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Mary Papadopoulos: matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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