Agapius of Hierapolis
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- Agapius of Hierapolis
- Description
- Agapius of Hierapolis, also known as Maḥbūb ibn Qusṭanṭīn (died after 942), was a Melkite Christian historian and the bishop of Manbij in Syria. He wrote a universal history in Arabic, titled Kitāb al-ʿunwān ("Book of the Title"), which covers the history of the world from its creation up to the year 941/942. He was a contemporary of the annalist Eutychius (Said al-Bitriq), also a Melkite.
