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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...
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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...
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Abgar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Abgar usually refers to
Abgar V, King of Osroene, who
ruled from 4 BC-40 AD.
Abgar may also
refer to:
Abgar...
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Abgar VIII of Edessa, also
known as
Abgar the
Great or
Abgar bar Ma'nu, was an Arab king of
Osroene from 177 CE to 212 CE.
Abgar the
Great was most remembered...
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Abgar VII was king of
Osroene from 109-116 CE. His
primary goal was to
remain independent of both the
major powers in the region, the
Roman and the Parthian...
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Virginia Apgar (June 7, 1909 –
August 7, 1974) was an
American physician,
obstetrical anesthesiologist and
medical researcher, best
known as the inventor...
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dynasty bore
Iranian names,
while others had
Arabic names,
including Abgar itself. J.B.
Segal notes that the
names ending in "-u" are "undoubtedly...
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Diana Abgar (or Apcar; Armenian: Դիանա Աբգար, 17
October 1859 – 8 July 1937) was a
diaspora Armenian writer and humanitarian, who was
appointed Honorary...
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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...
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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...
