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Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy From Islam: Emir Kusturica, Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Sibirsky, Al-Mu'eiyyad
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Condition: New
Binding: Paper Back
Publisher: Books LLC (May 2010)
ISBN: 115566356X
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Emir Kusturica, Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Sibirsky, Al-Mu'eiyyad, Maria Temryukovna, ?tefan R?zvan, Ubayd-Allah Ibn Jahsh, Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan, Tu??e Kazaz, Abraham of Bulgaria, Utameshgaray of Kazan, Sayed Borhan. Excerpt: Abraham of Bulgaria (?- April 1, 1229) was a Christian convert from Islam later made a martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church . He was born in Volga Bulgaria , amongst the Muslim Volga Bulgars in what is now Tatarstan , Russia . He grew to become a Islamic merchant, and was later converted to Christianity . He was killed by his compatriots for his conversion circa 1229. His relics are venerated at Vladimir on the Klyazma . His feast day is celebrated on March 6, and the translation of relics is also commemorated on April 1. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Part of a series on Al-Mu'eiyyad (d. 866) was the third son of the Abbasid caliph, Al-Mutawakkil and the brother of Al-Muntasir and Al-Mu'tazz , who both would eventually become Caliphs as well. In 860, Al-Mutawakkil had named his three son's heirs and seemed to favour al-Muntasir. However, this appeared to change and al-Muntasir feared his father was going to move against him. With the implicit support of the Turkish faction of the army, he ordered the assassination of Al-Mutawakkil was carried out by a Turkish soldier on December 11, 861. The Turkish party then prevailed on al-Muntasir to remove his brothers from the succession, fearing revenge for the murder of their father. In their place, he was to appoint his son as heir-apparent. On April 27, 862 both brothers, Al-Mu'eiyyad and Al-Mu'tazz, wrote a statement of abdication. Al-Muntasir's reign lasted for half a year and ended with his death of unknown causes on 862. After t...
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