Shimun XVII Abraham
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Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (also Simon XVII Abraham or Auraham, 1800/01– 1861) served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from c. 1820 to 1861.[2]
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Shimun XVII Abraham | |
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His Holiness | |
Church | Assyrian Church of the East |
Diocese | Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis |
See | Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
Installed | 1820 |
Term ended | 1861 |
Predecessor | Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan |
Successor | Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil |
Orders | |
Rank | Catholicos-Patriarch |
Personal details | |
Born | 1800/01[1] |
Died | 1861 Qodshanis, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire |
Nationality | Assyrian |
Denomination | Christian, Assyrian Church of the East |
Residence | Qodshanis, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire |
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He led the church from Qodshanis, (modern Konak, Hakkari) in southeastern Turkey, and tried to maintain good relations with local Ottoman authorities. In 1843, he was faced with renewed hostilities from Kurdish warlords, who attacked many Christian villages and killed 10,000 men, taking away women and children as captives, and forcing Patriarch to take refuge in Mosul.[3] He is buried in the Church of Mar Shalita in Turkey.