Bar Hebraeus’ Chronography Concerning the Murder of Amin ad-Dawlah Taoma in Baghdad
X- And in this year, on the twenty-eighth day of the fifth month of the ARABS, on the night of the fifth [day of the week], the renowned physician who was famous for his superlatively good qualities, AMIN AD-DAWLAH ABU AL-KARAM SA’ID, the son of TAOMA, a native of BAGHDAD, one of our JACOBITES, was murdered. He was highly skilled in the art of healing, and was truthful in his acts, and a man of understanding, liberal-minded and a good intermediary in supplying the wants of the needy, and in answering their questions (or, demands), and fulfilling their affairs. This man was wholly...
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