The Explanation of One Reference to Eliya Ibn'Ubaid's "Nomocanon Arabicum"

Abstract

Eliya ibn ʿUbaid also called Elias of Damascus was a theologian, philosopher, canonist and chronographer of the Church of the East. Elias of Damascus in his “Nomocanon Arabicus” named the bishop of “al-Krj” among the bishops subordinate to the metropolitan of Hulwan. Because "Al-Kurji" is a name denoting Georgians in Arabic, it is considered in Georgian historiography that the bishop of "Al-Kurji" is the bishop of Kartli. This article is about this view and the identification of "Al-Krj".