Kokhe, Cradle of the Church of the East: An Archaeological and Comparative Study

Monks, dinars and date palms: hagiographical production and the expansion of monastic institutions in the early Islamic Persian Gulf

“…The monastery excavated at Kharg was a surprisingly capacious coenobitic institution consisting of seventy cells around a courtyard and church, as well as satellite settlements, which will be discussed below. The church was richly decorated with stucco reliefs akin to those known from churches in Seleucia‐Ctesiphon, southern Mesopotamia, and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf (Hauser 2007; Cassis 2002). To the south, off the coast of the modern United Arab Emirates, King has published a report on the partial excavation of a monastery on the island of Sīr Banī Yās (King 1997; Elders 2001).…”