Documented later personal use

Abdulmshikho

Related to the documented name ʿAbdulmasīḥ; the precise Abdulmshikho form and its literal translation remain separately unverified.

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Personal name in Syriac Christian naming contexts; exact catalogue form requires separate evidence
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Personal-name evidence
ʿAbdulmasīḥ II, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch from 1895 to 1903.
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Meaning, use and context

George Kiraz documents ʿAbdulmasīḥ II as a nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Syriac Orthodox church leader. Born in Qalʿat Mara, he entered Dayr al-Zaʿfarān, became a monk and priest, and later served as patriarch. This is an identifiable bearer of the related name listed among the catalogue's aliases.

The biography distinguishes his patriarchate from his later activities in India. His 1912 consecration of Baselios Pawlos there was not recognized by the patriarch of Antioch. Naming history can therefore be documented without presenting contested church appointments as universally accepted.

The source prints ʿAbdulmasīḥ, not Abdulmshikho. It does not independently verify every regional form, the Syriac-script spelling or a native-speaker pronunciation. The inherited 'servant of Christ' translation is not promoted as source-checked solely because the biography confirms a related personal name.

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  1. George A. Kiraz — ʿAbdulmasīḥ II, GEDSH ↗

    Specific later bearer, published name form, patriarchate and qualified account of the Indian consecration; not exact modern catalogue spelling or etymology.

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