Zacharias I (c.722) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 670s - 680s - 690s - 700s - 710s - 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s Years: 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 Events: Categories: 720s ... Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ... Christian Nubia in the three states period. ...

According to Severus of Al'Ashmunein, Zacharias was the son of his predecessor, Merkurios.¹ Severus gives the impression that his reign was brief, for he states that "Zacharias did not choose to become king, but occupied himself with the word of God and the salvation of his soul" and appointed as king "a kinsman of his named Simon". When Simon died, Zacharias then appointed Abraham to replace him, and later deposed Abraham and replaced him with Markos. Severus ibn al-Muqaffa (d. ... Merkurios (697 - c. ... Simon (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. ... Abraham (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. ... Markos (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. ...

Severus does not mention Zacharias in his account of how Kyriakos became king, so Zacharias may have died before that occasion. Kyriakos or Cyriacus (c. ...

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1. B. Evetts, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, Part 3 (1910)