Bar Hebraeus’Chronography Concerning the Beginning of the Kingdom of the Saljuks in Persia
X- [217] In this year, which is the year thirteen hundred and forty-seven of the GREEKS (A.D. 1036), a people went forth from the HUNAYE (HUNS) who were called ‘GHUZZAYE’, with Amirs of the SALJUKS from HYRCANIA, which is the land of the KHAZARS (KAZARAYE, or KARZAYE) in the north. Concerning them, he who is [one] of the saints, MAR MICHAEL, the holy Patriarch, wrote at great length, and he saith, ‘These are the children of MAGHOGH, the son JAPHET, the son of NOAH. And EZEKIEL prophesied about them, saying: ‘Thus saith the Lord of Lords, Behold I am against thee, [O]...
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