A. J. Deus proposed that Iyas was actually Elijah, being the historical person behind the Legendary Founder of Islam.
==604 "Gregory"==
The Nestorian Catholicos Mar Sabrisho I died and a new Catholicos had to be elected. The choice fell between two men named Gregory: Bishop Gregory of Nisibis and Professor Gregory of Seleucia. The Sassanid emperor Khosrau II stated only that his preferred candidate was Gregory, possibly meaning the bishop.
