Nestorian Patriarchs of Babylon, Seleucia-Ctesiphon, and the East

(to 1501)


TOOMA SHLIKHA (ST. THOMAS), who after establishing Church in Mesopotamia, Persia and their environs, went to India 33 -77

BAR TULMAY 33 -

ADDAI/TADDAI (THADDEUS) SHLIKHA 33 - 45

AGAI, DISCIPLE OF ADDAI (FROM THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES) 45 - 81 AND MARI, DISCIPLE OF ADDAI 48 - 81

ABRIS, RELATIVE OF THE VIRGIN MARY, 90 -107

ORAHAM I, OF KASHKAR, 130 - 152

YACOB 1, RELATIVE OF YOSIP THE CARPENTER, 172 - 190

EBID M'SHIKHA, 191 - 203

AKHU D'AWU, 205 - 220

SHAKHLUPA OF KASHKAR, 224 - 244

PAPA BAR GAGGAI, 247 - 326

SHIMUN BAR SABBAI, 328 - 341

SHAHDOST, 345 - 347

BAR BASHMIN, 350 - 358

TUMARSA, 383 - 393

QAIYUMA, 393 - 399

ESKHAQ, 399 - 411

AKHKHI, 411 - 415

YOALAHA I, 415 - 420

MAANA, 420 -

QARABUKHT, 421 -

DADISHU, 421 - 456

BAWAI OR BABU, 457 - 484

AQAQ, 484 - 496

BAWAI, 496 - 502

SHEELA, 505 - 523

DUAL PATRIARCHATE

NARSAI, 524 - 535, AND

ELISHA, 524 - 538

POLOS, 539 - 540

YOSIP, 552 - 567

KHAZQIYIL, 570 - 581

ESHUYOW I, ARZUNAYA, 581 - 595

SORISHU I GARMAQAYA, 596 - 604

GREGHOR, PARTAYA, 605 - 608

ESHUYOW II (GDALAYA OR ARAB), 628 - 644

MAR IMMEH, 647 - 650

ESHUYOW III, KDAYAWAYA, 650 - 660

GEWARGIS I, 681 - 684

YOKHANNAN I, BAR MARTA, 684 - 692

KHNAISHU I, 686 - 693

YOKHANNAN II, GARBA, 693 - 694

SLIWAZKHA, 714 - 728

PETHYON, 731 - 740

AWA, 741 - 751

SURIN, 752 - 754

YACOB II, 754 - 773

KHNANISHU, 774 - 778, The monument in China was erected during his reign.

TIMOTHEUS I, 780 - 820

ESHU-BARNON, 820 - 824

GEWARGIS II, 825 - 832

SORESHU II, 832 - 836

ORAHAM II, MARGAYA, 837 - 850

TEADASIS (OR THEODOROS), 850 - 852

SARGIS, SUWAYA, 860 - 872

ANNUSH D'BETH GARMAY, 873 - 884

YOKHANNAN III, BAR NARSAY, 884 - 892

YOKHANNAN IV, (NEPHEW OF THEODOROS), 892 - 898

YOKHANNAN V, BAR OGARE, 900 - 905

ORAHAM III, ABRAZA, 906 - 937

AMMANOEL I, 937 - 949

ESRAIL KARKHAYA, 961 - 962

ODISHU GARMAQAYA, 963 - 986

MARI ATURAYA, 967 - 1000

YOKHANNAN VI (YOANNIS), 1001 - 1012

YOKHANNAN VII (BAR NAZUK), 1013 - 1022

ESHUYOW IV, 1023 - 1027

ELIA I (TERHAN), 1028 - 1049

YOKHANNAN VIII (BAR TRAGALA), 1049 - 1057

SORESHU III (BAR ZANBUR), 1057 - 1072

ODISHU II (BAR ARS) ATURAYA, 1072 - 1090

MAKKIKHA I (BAR SHLEMON), 1092 - 1109

ELIA II (BAR MAQLI), 1111 - 1132

BAR SOMA (OF SUWA), 1133 - 1135

BAR GABBARA, 1135 - 1136

ODISHU III (NEPHEW OF ELIA II), 1138 - 1147

ESHUYOW V (FROM BETH ZODAI, BALADAYA), 1148 - 1175

ELIA III (ABUKHALIM), 1176 - 1190

YOALAHA II (BAR QAIYUMA), 1191 - 1222

SORISHU IV, 1222 - 1226

SORISHU V (FROM BAGHDAD), 1226 - 1256

MAKKIKHA II, 1257 - 1265

DINKHA I (ARBILAYA, I.E., FROM ARBIL), 1265 - 1281

YOALAHA III BAR TURKAYE, 1281 - 1318

TIMOTHEUS II (ARBILAYA, I. E. FROM ARBIL), 1318 - 1328

DINKHA II, 1329 - 1359

DINKHA III, 1359 - 1368

SHIMUN III, 1369 - 1392

SHIMUN IV, 1403 - 1407

ELIA III, 1407 - 1420

SHIMUN V, 1420 - 1447

SHIMUN VI, 1448 - 1490

ELIA V, 1491 - 1504