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The prayer for the Caliph al-Ma’mun by Theodore Abu Qurra, bishop of Harran
Anastasia Salimovskaya
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, Vol 65, Iss 65, Pp 138-143 (2020)
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| Title | The prayer for the Caliph al-Ma’mun by Theodore Abu Qurra, bishop of Harran |
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| Authors | Anastasia Salimovskaya |
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2020
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| Source |
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, Vol 65, Iss 65, Pp 138-143 (2020)
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| Description |
This is a translation of a prayer for the Abbasid Caliph al-Ma’mun (813–833), attributed to Theodore Abu Qurra, Arab Orthodox bishop of Harran (ca. 750 — ca. 830) and composed in rhymed prose (saj‘). Although this text can be considered as a model of prayer for virtually any ruler, certain formulae suggest that the author was referring to the historical fi gure of al-Ma’mun. The text is of interest as a piece of evidence for al-Ma’mun’s popularity among Arab Christian authors who attempted to create his positive image in texts of various genres.
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article
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Russian
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| Publisher Information |
St. Tikhon's Orthodox University, 2020.
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