James E. Walters, David A. Michelson and Thomas A. Carlson, (eds.), "John Shahin of Amida — ܝܘܚܢܢ ܫܐܗܝܢ ܐܡܝܕܝܐ " in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/567
    
        
            
                
                    
                        Iwannis Yuḥanon
                    
                    
                        Metropolitan
                        John
                        Shahin
                        of Amid
                    
                    
                        المطران
                        يوحنا
                        شاهين
                        الآمدي
                    
                    
                        ܡܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܐ
                        ܝܘܚܢܢ
                        ܫܐܗܝܢ
                        ܐܡܝܕܝܐ
                    
                    
                        ܡܶܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܳܐ
                        ܝܘܚܰܢܢ
                        ܫܰܐܗܝܢ
                        ܐܡܝܕܳܝܳܐ
                    
                    
                        ܝܘܚܢܢ
                        ܫܐܗܝܢ
                        ܐܡܝܕܝܐ
                    
                    
                        John
                        Shahin
                        of Amida
                    
                    
                        Scribe and bp. for various dioceses. He was born Yuḥanon b. Shahīn b. Shamo of Amid, also nicknamed b. al-ʿAraqjanji 'son of the maker of ʿarraqiyya (a small cap worn under a turban to absorb sweat)'.
                    
                    http://syriaca.org/person/567
                    http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_567
                    1755
                    
                        Metropolitan
                    
                    
                        Syr. Orth.
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                G. A.
                                Kiraz
                            
                        
                        Iwannis Yuḥanon
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        224-225
                        224-225
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
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                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        30
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
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