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Łewond

Łewond (Old Armenian: Ղեւոնդ) or Leontius^[1] was a late 8th-century Armenian priest and historian.^[2]

Very little is known about his life, except that he was an eyewitness to the events he describes after 774.^[1] His historical work was commissioned by Sapuh, son of Smbat VII Bagratuni, the presiding prince of Armenia in 761–775, and covers the years 632 to 789.^[1] It is an indispensable source for the early history of Arab rule over Armenia; indeed for the years 662–770 his account is the only testimony of note.^[3] It also contains important information on the Arab–Byzantine wars of the period.^[1] The work includes a letter supposedly sent by the Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian (r. 717–741) to the Umayyad caliph Umar II (r. 717–720) that contains a defence of the Christian faith, but this version is a later Armenian composition.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ODB, "Łewond" (R. Thomson), p. 1220.
^ "An Armenian Futūh Narrative: Łewond's Eighth-Century History of the Caliphate". isac.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
^ Canard & Cahen 1960, p. 635.

Sources

Canard, Marius & Cahen, Claude (1960). "Armīniya". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 634–640. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0064. OCLC 495469456.
Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
Mahé, Jean-Pierre; Martin-Hisard, Bernadette (2015). Łewond Vardapet: discours historique. Paris: achcbyz. ISBN 9782916716565.