Abgar II was the Abgarid king of Osroene from 68 to 53 BC. Plutarch describes Abgar as a chief of the Arabs. In 64 BC, he sided with the Romans helping...

Abgar V (c. 1st century BC – c. AD 50), called Ukkāmā (meaning "the Black" in Syriac and other dialects of Aramaic), was the King of Osroene with his...

Abgar II (ruled 68–53 BC) Abgar VI (ruled 71–91 AD) Abgar VII (ruled 109–116 AD) Abgar VIII (ruled 167–177 AD) Abgar IX (ruled 177–212 AD) Abgar Ali Akbar...

the dynasty bore Iranian names, while others had Arabic names, including Abgar itself. J.B. Segal notes that the names ending in "-u" are "undoubtedly...

Commagene as Arabs and the region as Arabia. Abgar II is called "an Arab phylarch" by Plutarch, while Abgar V is described as "king of the Arabs" by Tacitus...

Bakru II bar Bakru (112–94 BC) Ma'nu I (94 BC) Abgar I Piqa (94–68 BC) Abgar II bar Abgar (68–52 BC) Ma'nu II (52–34 BC) Paqor (34–29 BC) Abgar III (29–26...

politician and general Publius Licinius Crassus, son of Marcus Licinius Crassus Abgar II, Arab king of Edessa (modern Turkey) Gaius Scribonius Curio, Roman statesman...

pirates. The port is set on fire and the consular war fleet is destroyed. Abgar II becomes ruler of Osroene. Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII...

century by Eusebius of Caesarea, King Abgar of Edessa wrote to Jesus, asking him to come cure him of an illness. Abgar received a reply letter from Jesus...

Abgar de Castro Araújo Renault (1901–1995) was a Brazilian professor, educator, politician, poet, essayist and translator. He was born in Barbacena in...

pirates. The port is set on fire and the consular war fleet is destroyed. Abgar II becomes ruler of Osroene. Consuls: Manius Acilius Glabrio and Gaius Calpurnius...

politician and general Publius Licinius Crassus, son of Marcus Licinius Crassus Abgar II, Arab king of Edessa (modern Turkey) Gaius Scribonius Curio, Roman statesman...

(complete list) – Bakru II, King (112–94 BC) Ma'nu I, King (94 BC) Abgar I, King (94–68 BC) Abgar II, King (68–52 BC) Ma'nu II, King (52–34 BC) Paqor of...

to Edessa in order to heal King Abgar V of Osroene, who had fallen ill. He stayed to evangelize, and so converted Abgar—or Agbar, or in one Latin version...

quote the Letter of Abgar to Jesus and the Letter of Jesus to Abgar in the state archives of Edessa, foundational texts of the Abgar Legend. Egeria, a high-status...

region. Dioteimus Alaieus is one of the Archons of Athens. Abgar III of Osroene is succeeded by Abgar IV Sumaqa. The Andhra dynasty replaces the Kanva dynasty...

the daughter of King Izates. Moses of Chorene makes her the chief wife of Abgar V, king of Edessa. What is known of Helena is based on the writings of Josephus...

appeared. In 110, Pacorus sold the Arsacid vassal kingdom of Osroene to Abgar VII. Pacorus died in the same year, and was succeeded by Vologases III,...

correspondence between Jesus and Abgar which is reproduced in Eusebius' History Ecclesiastica, I, xiii. Eusebius relates that King Abgar of Edessa (now Şanlıurfa...

imprinted on a piece of material and transmitted by the Saviour himself to King Abgar V of Osroene. The central image is surrounded by smaller icons of the Most...

gout as Abgar did, but the Arzen king is healed by Mar Mari as Abgar was healed by Addai. The king then conversed with Mar Mari as King Abgar did similarly...

first German colonists to enter territory controlled by the Roman Empire. Abgar IX the Great becomes King of Edessa. Gogukcheon succeeds his father Shindae...

Kajetan Abgarowicz (pseudonyms: Kajetan Abgar-Soltan, and Soltan Abgar; Armenian: Կաետան Աբգարովիչ); 7 August 1856 – 27 July 1909) was a Polish journalist...

kingdom.: 90  Ma'nu VIII died in 177 and was succeeded by Abgar VIII, also called Abgar the Great. Abgar sided with Pescennius Niger in his civil war against...

funding and support for the division. With America's entrance into World War II in 1941, many medical professionals enlisted in the military to help the war...

writes that Sanatruk, while being a child was taken by a sister of King Abgar of Edessa, Avde, from Edessa to Armenia through the Kordvats Mountains,...

Thomas Cross Ethiopian cross Major figures Cyril of Alexandria Mor Addai Abgar V Gregory the Illuminator Nine Saints of Ethiopia Tiridates III Mar Awgin...

existence of authentic images of Christ is connected with the old legend of Abgar of Edessa regarding the "Mandylion". It is also seen in some apocryphal...

monarchs was often an important step in the process of Christianization. Abgar V, King of Osroene with his capital at Edessa, c. 1st century Tiridates...

have cured Abgar V of Edessa of leprosy with the Image of Edessa, leading to his conversion in AD 30. Thaddaeus was then commissioned by Abgar to proselytize...