Saturday 8 October 2011

Who are the Christians who lived in Mosul, when the Islamic conquests?

Who are the Christians who lived in Mosul, when the Islamic conquests?


There is no doubt that the Christians who lived in Mosul from the Eastern Syrians who had gathered around the old monastery where, and where the validity of Western also (into force of the Orthodox). Especially after the extension of the Syrian border ROMANIAN their homeland, towards the eastern regions. However, the leakage flow Westerners in the range of Mosul, an area Syriac Oriental originally subject to the Persian Empire, if we take what came in the story of Mar Behnam martyr, we find some of the Syrians fled from persecution Ulians Disbeliever years 360-363 AD and came from the area of ​​Amed (Diyarbakir) to the area of ​​Mosul, Nineveh, and there pointed to a number of Orthodox According to the details St. Matthew's Monastery near Mosul, and for the Orthodox, the number increased as a result of what they were joined by the sons of their faith who Spahm the Persians in their campaign successful on the Byzantine Empire as was the case before them on the capture of Edessa in 602-603 AD. It is not likely to want the horse to keep strangers near their borders. no trace of any of the NINE HUNDRED Altjaralarzzx who accompanied the victorious armies of Hercules year 627 AD, we do not find a strong Orthodox community in Mosul before the middle of the seventh century AD It is worth mentioning that the Christians of Mosul, was formerly called name Jeramqh.



Mosul, when the Arab conquest of the Islamic


To wonder how the relationship of Christians Balvathin Muslims, I have received the Christian Arab Muslim conquerors initially, such as editors, and the tradition Musli, who was martyred by Christians at a later time to rescue one of their churches, claiming they had opened the doors of the city before the Arabs in order to escape from the tyranny of the Byzantines, and when you set (Mar uncle) Jatliqa Church of the East in about year 647 AD, despite his age some people claimed that his friends Muslim Arabs are the ones who worked to help him, in recognition of the services provided by them at the capture of Mosul, it is at that time was bishop of Nineveh. Vsud Muslim Arab armies Palmúna necessary . It is noteworthy that the Arab conquerors were the people of the country given the choice between Islam or pay tribute or the sword. There have been events here and there after the conquest, such as the killing of monks or the monastery of Deir Kedar White Mount Mardin. Pilgrims have been issued during the reign of Caliph Abdul Malik 697 m order requiring the use of the Arabic language in government departments, public service and inventory Muslims, which led many Christians to convert to Islam, and this had been breached by religions, Islam became the majority. Before the mid-seventh century event is important, is that Mosul young, made up at the Christian, at the expense of Nineveh, the ancient, or what was left of it, and that was after the year 637 AD in the Arab conquest, and moved the Holy Episcopal from Nineveh to Mosul and the first bishop of Mosul, after he was Bishop of Nineveh, is Ishu flaws third Alhdiaba which will become the patriarch of the Church of the East in 649 AD, and since then, the Christian diminished over the ruins of Nineveh, however, will remain the Monastery of Saint Jonah existed for a long time and the last mention of this monastery reportedly year 932 AD.
Note: I will in the fourth episode of the forgotten churches of Mosul and turned into mosques, churches, ancient and modern.

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