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The Mongols in Syriac texts in the late 13th and early 14th century
by Mikko Vasko, 2006

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This is a modified version of the original article by Mark Dickens, Independent Scholar and Educational Consultant, Canada and Uzbekistan

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This article is based on a talk given at the fifth "Christianity in Iraq" conference (April 5, 2008) by Mark Dickens  - School of Oriental and African Studies.

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During the reign of Patriarch Timothy I (780–823), the Church of the East continued to expand into Asia. Metropolitans were consecrated for various places to the east of the Patriarchal see in Baghdad. One of these was the enigmatic Metropolitan of the Turks, about whose location scholars have disagreed for decades.