Chronicon Syriacum

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Chronicon Syriacum is a 13th-century universal history written in Syriac by Bar Hebraeus, covering events from creation to his own time with a focus on Near Eastern political and ecclesiastical affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Syriac literary work
chronicle
alsoKnownAs Syriac Chronicle of Bar Hebraeus NERFINISHED
author Bar Hebraeus NERFINISHED
chronologicalMethod year-by-year entries
coversEvent Crusades NERFINISHED
Mongol invasions of the Near East NERFINISHED
fall of Baghdad in 1258
coversReignOf Abbasid caliphs NERFINISHED
Ayyubid rulers NERFINISHED
Mongol Ilkhanate rulers NERFINISHED
Zengid rulers NERFINISHED
dateWritten 13th century
focus Near Eastern ecclesiastical history
Near Eastern political history
genre historical chronicle
hasCompanionWork Chronicon Ecclesiasticum NERFINISHED
hasCriticalEditions yes
hasModernTranslations yes
includes Islamic period history
biblical history
biographical notes on rulers and churchmen
classical and late antique history
ecclesiastical notices
influenced later Syriac chroniclers
language Syriac
notableFor Syriac Christian perspective on Islamic polities
detailed account of Mongol rule in the Near East
integration of secular and ecclesiastical history
originalScript Syriac script
placeInAuthorCorpus major historical work of Bar Hebraeus
preservedIn medieval Syriac manuscripts
regionCovered Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
Syriac Orthodox Church territories
religiousAffiliationOfAuthor Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
religiousContext Syriac Christian
structure annalistic
studiedInField Middle Eastern history
Syriac studies
church history
timeSpanCovered from Creation to the 13th century
tradition West Syriac NERFINISHED
usedSources Arabic historical works
Greek historical traditions
earlier Syriac chronicles

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Bar Hebraeus notableWork Chronicon Syriacum