Shimun

Shimun (Syriac alphabet: ܫܡܥܘܢ), also transliterated as Shemʿon¹ or Shimon² is the form of Simon used in Classical Syriac and dialects of Neo-Aramaic. It is a masculine given name, and is mainly a variant of the biblical name Simeon, Symeon, or Shimon, which is derived from Hebrew. The name may also be alternatively used as Chamoun.

Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East or Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon:

• Shemʿon bar Sabbaʿe, (329-341), Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemon II (1365–1392), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemon III (1403–1407), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemon IV (1437–1497), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemon V (1497–1501), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemon VI (1503–1538), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon VII (1538–1551), Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb, (1539–1558) Patriarch of the Church of the East
• Shemʿon VIII (1553–1555), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun IX Dinkha (1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun X Eliyah (1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662–1692), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and after breaking the Communion with Rome in 1692, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East until 1700
• Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XVI Yohannan (1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XVII Abraham (1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XVIII Rubil (1860–1903), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XIX Benyamin (1903–1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XX Paulos (1918–1920), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Shimun XXI Eshai (1920–1975) (assassinated), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

• Dawid Mar Shimun (1889-1974), Assyrian military leader
• Shemʿon of Rev Ardashir, Persian priest and jurist in the Church of the East
• Shimun Vrochek (b. 1976), Russian sci-fi author
• Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (1883-1975), sister of Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin