Jacob of Edessa

640–708

Syriac Bishop of Edessa (c.640-708)

bishop · writer · translator

Born in Aleppo

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Jacob of Edessa:

• Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (599–661)
• Brahmagupta (598–670)
• Uthman ibn Affan (574–656)
• Aisha (614–678)
• Husayn ibn Ali (626–680)
• Mu'awiya I (603–680)
• Li Bai (701–762)
• Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (586–644)

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