# Athanasius of Balad

- id: athanasius-of-balad
- dates: d. 687
- roles: translator, scholar

Syriac Orthodox patriarch trained at the monastery of Qenneshre on the Euphrates, the powerhouse of Greek learning in the early Islamic Middle East. His seventh-century translations completed the Syriac Organon a century before the caliphs wanted it in Arabic.

## Crossings

- c. 660–687: Topics into Syriac (translator) [attested]

## Sources

- Tannous, Jack (2018). The Making of the Medieval Middle East: Religion, Society, and Simple Believers.