person · P0346

Mar Rav Yitzchak (of Peroz-Shapur) מר רב יצחק

Gaon at Peroz-Shapur who went out to meet Ali ibn Abi Talib at the city's conquest "and received him with a friendly countenance" — the succession's one face-to-face moment with early Islam.

I. Who

Hebrew
מר רב יצחק
Era
geonim

II. When

Traditional
gaon of Pumbedita (at Peroz-Shapur), order-only
Academic
fl. c. 650s CE
Precision
unknown

III. Where

Places
Pumbedita

V. How do we know

ClaimEvidenceConfidenceSources
"And Mar Rav Yitzchak, who was in Peroz-Shapur when Ali ibn Abi Talib conquered it; and Mar Rav Yitzchak went out from Peroz-Shapur toward him and received him with a friendly countenance."
Order-only; the conquest of the region (c. 657 CE) dates the scene but no tenure years are given.
tradition ★★★★☆