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
floruit: 0550/0650, late 6th/early 7th cent.
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).
Aba of Kashkar should be distinguished from the later Catholicos Aba II of Kashkar, with whom he has sometimes been confused (by Wright, among others). He should also be distinguished from Abraham of Kashkar, despite a note by Assemani that could seem to imply their identity.
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 [Wright conflates this person with Catholicos Aba II of Kashkar (r. 741-751).]