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Christianity and Islam encountered after the short time of the born of Islam and continued to interaction with each other during to history. This confrontation which took place in seventh century was generally investigated by the Muslim scholars only by means of through Islamic sources. But also Eastern Christian authors said important things about the topic at the same time. The evaluations of these Christian authors still an important discussion for the modern scholars. In this context we have investigated in this article that how to Christian groups and sects encountered the Muslim armies and how to they evaluated the Muslims and their sovereignty; also we mentioned about the modern discussions on this issue

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VII. Yüzyıldaki İslam Fetihlerinin ve Müslüman Hâkimiyetinin Hıristiyan Tarih Yazımına İzdüşümleri

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Hıristiyanlık ve İslam, İslam’ın ortaya çıkmasından kısa bir süre sonra karşılaşmışlar ve sonraki bütün tarih boyunca karşılıklı etkileşimi sürdürmüşlerdir. Bu tarihi karşılaşmanın cereyan ettiği VII. yüzyıl, Müslüman bilim çevrelerince genellikle İslam kaynaklarından takip edilmiştir. Hâlbuki aynı dönemde Doğu Hıristiyan yazarlar da bu sürece ilişkin önemli değerlendirmeler yapmışlardı. Onların bu değerlendirmeleri, modern bilim dünyasında hala canlı bir tartışma konusudur. Nitekim bu makalede, Doğu Hıristiyan kaynaklarından hareketle, Hıristiyan toplulukların erken dönemde Müslüman ordularını karşılayış biçimleri üzerinde durulmuş, onların Müslüman idaresini nasıl yorumladıkları ele alınmış ve konuya ilişkin modern tartışmalara temas edilmiştir

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• Hıristiyanlık, İslam, Süryaniler, Kıbtîler, Nesturiler

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