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Michael the Syrian (Arabic: ميخائيل السرياني, romanized: Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani:),(Classical Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ, romanized: Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died AD 1199, also known as Michael the Great (Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, romanized: Mīkhoʾēl Rabo) or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, [1] was a ...
Maurice and his wife Constantina were married in August 582. If a legitimate child of Maurice, Maria would be less than eight-years-old in 590. [ 3 ] There are nine children of Maurice and Constantina named in primary sources, six sons ( Theodosius , Tiberius , Peter, Paul, Justin, Justinian) and three daughters (Anastasia, Theoctiste, Cleopatra).
Much of her early life, including the date and place of her birth, is uncertain: for instance, according to Michael the Syrian, her birthplace was in Mabbug, Syria; [3] Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos says Theodora is a native of Cyprus; [4] and the Patria, attributed to George Codinus, claims Theodora came from Paphlagonia.
An image shared on X claims to show Syrian leader al-Jolani’s wife. Verdict: False The image shows a Syrian poet, not the wife of the leader of the Syrian transitional government. Fact Check ...
Ivonne Attas (born 1943) – Syrian-born Venezuelan telenovela soap opera actress and politician; Yasser Azmeh – comedian and director; Teri Hatcher – American actress and singer, she has Syrian ancestry from her mother's side. Wentworth Miller – American actor and screenwriter, he has Syrian ancestry from his mother's side. Abbas al ...
Following the death of Philaretos in 1086 Melitene became completely independent of Byzantine control. According to Michael the Syrian, Gabriel was a villainous figure who had come into power in by murdering the bishop of Melitene who wanted to surrender the town to the Seljuk Turks. Gabriel wanted to keep the city for himself and thus he ...
Anisa Makhlouf (Arabic: أَنِيسَةُ مَخْلُوفٍ, romanized: ʾAnīsah Maḵlūf; 5 November 1930 – 6 February 2016) [1] was the matriarch of the Syrian Al-Assad family, which ruled the country from 1971 to December 2024. The wife of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Makhlouf remained the Syrian First Lady from 1971 until ...
According to Polybius, King Antigonus I Monophthalmus established the Syrian kingdom which included Coele-Syria. [5] The Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great defeated the Ptolemaic Kingdom in the Battle of Panium (200 BC); he annexed the Syrian lands controlled by Egypt (Coele-Syria) and united them with his Syrian lands, thus gaining control of the entirety of Syria. [6]