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]


Shimun XVII Abraham
His Holiness
ChurchAssyrian Church of the East
DiocesePatriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis
SeeHoly Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed1820
Term ended1861
PredecessorMar Shimun XVI Yohannan
SuccessorMar Shimun XVIII Rubil
Orders
RankCatholicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born1800/01[1]
Died1861
Qodshanis, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire
NationalityAssyrian
DenominationChristian, Assyrian Church of the East
ResidenceQodshanis, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire

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.

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  1. ^ Badger, George Percy. The Nestorians and their Rituals. Vol. 1. London: Joseph Masters. p. 242. [1843] I cannot better describe the person of Mar Shimoon than by quoting the language of Dr. Grant: "The patriarch is thirty-eighty ears [sic] of age, [he was four years older when I first saw him,] ...
  2. ^ Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 127, 175.
  3. ^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 33, 212.

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Assyrian Church of the East titles
Preceded by Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
1820–1861
Succeeded by