Shimun XVII Abraham

Mar Shimun XVII Abraham
His Holiness
Church	Assyrian Church of the East
Diocese	Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis
See	Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed	1820
Term ended	1860
Predecessor	Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan
Successor	Shimun XVIII Rubil
Orders
Rank	Catholicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born	Qodshanis, Hakkari
Died	1860 Qodshanis, Hakkari
Nationality	Assyrian (Ottoman)
Denomination	Christian, Assyrian Church of the East
Residence	Qodshanis, Hakkari

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Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (also Simon XVII Abraham or Auraham) was Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from c. 1820 to c. 1860. He led the church from Qodshanis, (modern Konak, Hakkari) in southeastern Turkey.

He is buried in the Church of Mar Shalita in Turkey.

References

Baum, Wilhelm (2003). The Church of the East: a concise history. Routledge. p. 122. ISBN 0-415-29770-2.
Grant, Asahel (2004). Murre-Van Den Berg, H.L., ed. The Nestorians, or, The Lost Tribe. Gorgias Press. p. i. ISBN 1-59333-154-1.
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Murre-Van Den Berg, H.L. (1997). "Geldelijk of Geestelijk Gewin? Assyrische Bisschoppen Op De Loonlijst Van Een Amerikaanse Zendingspost". Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis. 77 (2): 241–257. doi:10.1163/002820397X00270.

Preceded by Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan	Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East 1820–1860	Succeeded by Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil

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