Aba of Kashkar — ܐܒܐ ܟܫܟܪܝܐ
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Aba of Kashkar; ܐܒܐ ܟܫܟܪܝܐ; ܐܲܒܵܐ ܟܲܫܟܪܵܝܵܐ; ܐܰܒܳܐ ܟܰܫܟܪܳܝܳܐ; Aba of Kashkar; Aba of Kashkar; Àb(h)ā v Kaškar
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1086
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_1086
Polymath, author, and diplomat during the reigns of Shah Khusrau II of Persia (r. 590-628), Emperor Maurice of Byzantium (r. 582-602), Catholicos Sabrishoʿ I (r. 596-604) and Catholicos Gregory I (r. 605-608/9).
Wright conflates this person with Catholicos Aba II of Kashkar (r. 741-751).
floruit: late 6th/early 7th cent.
state: Author
ܟܬ̣ܵܒ̣ܵܐ ܕܡܸܬ̣ܩܪܸܐ ܡܪܓܢܝܬ̣ܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܕܲܟ̣ܪܸܣܛܝܵܢܘܼܬ̣ܵܐ 74
Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana III 154
Baumstark, Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluß der christlich-palästinensischen Texte 123-124
A Short History of Syriac Literature 186-187