Christians of Najran

E532770

Christian community

Christians of Najran were a prominent early Christian community in southern Arabia known for their theological debates with emerging Islamic authorities and their role in pre-Islamic and early Islamic religious history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Christian delegation of Najran	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian community ⓘ
approximateDate	early 6th century ⓘ
associatedWith	People of the Ditch NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredIn	city of Najran ⓘ
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
demographicChange	decline after early Islamic period ⓘ
engagedIn	interreligious dialogue with early Muslims ⓘ theological debates with Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
enteredInto	treaty with Muhammad ⓘ
ethnicContext	Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ
event	Massacre of Najran Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ
granted	religious freedom under early Islamic rule ⓘ
hadInstitution	churches in Najran ⓘ monasteries in Najran ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ early Islamic period ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
inConflictWith	Jewish Himyarite elites ⓘ
influencedBy	Byzantine Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopian (Aksumite) Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	martyrdom under the Himyarite king Dhu Nuwas ⓘ role in early Islamic religious history ⓘ role in pre-Islamic religious history of Arabia ⓘ theological debates with early Islamic authorities ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
legacy	example of protected non-Muslim community in Islamic tradition ⓘ symbol of early Christian–Muslim encounters ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Najran NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Christian martyrdom accounts ⓘ Islamic historical tradition ⓘ Quranic exegesis on the People of the Ditch ⓘ Syriac hagiographical texts ⓘ
obligation	payment of jizya ⓘ
persecutedBy	Dhu Nuwas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Himyarite authorities ⓘ
region	Himyarite Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Miaphysite Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Christian tradition ⓘ
sentDelegationTo	Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusInIslamicLaw	People of the Book ⓘ
treatyType	dhimma-like protection agreement ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DialogueWithChristiansOfNajran → participantGroup → Christians of Najran ⓘ

Mubahala → associatedWith → Christians of Najran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian delegation of Najran