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Theophobos

تیۆفۆبۆس

Born c. 810 · Died 842

Theophobos

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Cambridge

Cambridge

Posted by Median Library contributor · 5 September 2024

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Posted by Median Library contributor · 5 September 2024

Seal of Theophobos

Seal of Theophobos

Posted by Roj · 2 March 2025

We see the name "Kurdistan" in the chronicle of the writer Michael Syrus, who lived in the 12th century. If it is mentioned this way in Syriac manuscripts, this means that it is one of the oldest records we have about the name Kurdistan.

He also writes that when the Roman King "Theophilos" came to the throne (829), the Bulgarians and the Kurdish nation, called Hanfe (Muslim) Kurdonye by the Syriacs, obeyed him.
He writes that the Kurds, through their ancestors, believed that the Mahdi would appear among them (this part is also found in Islamic sources) and that the Mahdi did indeed appear.

There are later copies of the work.

We see the name "Kurdistan" in the chronicle of the writer Michael Syrus, who lived in the 12th century. If it is…We see the name "Kurdistan" in the chronicle of the writer Michael Syrus, who lived in the 12th century. If it is…

Posted by Zagrosian · 2 March 2025

”Theophobos (Nasr the Kurd)”

”Theophobos (Nasr the Kurd)””Theophobos (Nasr the Kurd)”

Posted by Zagrosian · 11 July 2025

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