ANUSH BAR DANQA

Rishama
Anush bar Danqa
Rishama Anush bar Danqa
ࡀࡍࡅࡔ ࡁࡓ ࡃࡀࡍࡒࡀ
Personal
Born	early 7th century AD?
Died	late 7th century AD?
Religion	Mandaeism
Known for	Copying Mandaean texts;; leading the first Mandaean delegation to the Muslims
Other names	Anuš br Danqa; Anush, son of Danqa
Occupation	Mandaean priest

Anush bar Danqa ( Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡍࡅࡔ ࡁࡓ ࡃࡀࡍࡒࡀ, romanized: Anuš br Danqa, lit. 'Anuš, son of Danqa') was a 7th-century Mandaean priest who was active around the Muslim conquest of Persia. Around 638 AD, he led a delegation of Mandaeans before the Arab Muslim authorities to have the Mandaeans recognized as a People of the Book. He is also mentioned as one of the earliest copyists in the colophons of many Mandaean texts.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Anush bar Danqa is mentioned in the text of the Haran Gawaita.^[4]

References

^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
^ Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
^ Drower, Ethel Stefana (1953). The Haran Gawaita and the Baptism of Hibil-Ziwa. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.

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