BARṢAUMĀ, a 5th-century bishop of Nisibis of Aramaic extraction, according to some sources origi­nally from Bēt Qardū. Nothing is known…

BĀBŌĒ, catholicos (d. 481 or 484), orthodox leader of the Christian church in Iran under Pērōz, one of Barṣaumā’s chief…

BĀBAY THE GREAT (d. 628), the head of the Nestorian church in Iran under Ḵosrow II. Bābay, to whom the…

BĀBAY, catholicos (d. 502) elected at the synod at Seleucia in 497. Bābay was of Seleucia and had served as…

ACTS OF THE PERSIAN MARTYRS, a collection of the acts of martyrdom under Šāpūr II (309-79 A.D.). They were made…