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In hagiography: Anthony the Qurayshite, born Ruhi, was a convert to Christianity from Islam, the nephew of Harun al-Rashid. He was martyred for refusing to return to Islam.

Names

  • Anthony the Qurayshite
  • ANTOINE LE QURAYSHITE, martyr1
  • Antoine le Qurayshite1

Death

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Sex

male1

Notes

In hagiography: Anthony the Qurayshite, born Ruhi, was a convert to Christianity from Islam, the nephew of Harun al-Rashid. He was martyred for refusing to return to Islam.There is an Arabic version of the passion of Anthony.5, 6
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  • 1 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 44. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Chrétiens Syriaques Sous Les Abbassides Surtout à Bagdad (749–1258), CSCO 420, Subs. 59 (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1980), p: 58. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [=  Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium], 2 vols. (Roma: Città nuova, 1998), vol: Ip: 210-11. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignace Dick, La Passion Arabe de S. Antoine Ruwah, Néo-Martyr de Damas († 25 Déc. 799), Le Muséon 74 (1961): 109–33, p: 109-33. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Sidney Harrison Griffith, Julian Saba, ‘Father of the Monks’ of Syria, Journal of Early Christian Studies 2 (1994): 185–216. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 S.H. Griffith, The Arabic Account of ’Abd al-Masīḥ an-Naǧrānī al-Ghasānī, Le Muséon 98, no. 3 (1985): 331–74, https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.98.3.2011489, p: 331-74. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Anthony the Qurayshite” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1132.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Anthony the Qurayshite.”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1132.

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