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Chaldean identity by Bishop Mar Sarhad Jammo

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'''1-''' A copy of the letter sent by the Nestorian Emperor Mariusp to a noble English lady named Warren, dated March 31, 1879. Notice how this bishop knows himself and his people: “Mar Joseph Metropolitan Chaldean Nestorians of the East” and see his official seal: “Referring to Joseph Mitrapolita Dkaldayi”.
 
[[File:1879 AD letter sent by the Nestorian Emperor Mariusp to a noble English lady.gif|thumb|A copy of the letter sent by the Nestorian Emperor Mariusp to a noble English lady named Warren, dated March 31, 1879. Notice how this bishop knows himself and his people: “Mar Joseph Metropolitan Chaldean Nestorians of the East” and see his official seal: “Referring to Joseph Mitrapolita Dkaldayi”.]]
'''2-''' A copy of the letter written and sent to Ador, Archbishop of Canterbury, in October 1884, by Patriarch Rubel Chamoun, who identifies himself with these words: “From Rubel (Roll) Chamoun, by the grace of God, Patriarch of Gathalik of the East, administrator of the ancient Chaldean Church.” Consider the text of the last passage of his letter: “And (your help) will be a reason for the union of the four parts of the Chaldean Church…” With his seal: “Referring to Shimon Patriarch of Dkaldaye”.
 
[[File:1884 AD Chaldean Identity Letter.gif|thumb|A copy of the letter written and sent to Ador, Archbishop of Canterbury, in October 1884, by Patriarch Rubel Chamoun, who identifies himself with these words: “From Rubel (Roll) Chamoun, by the grace of God, Patriarch of Gathalik of the East, administrator of the ancient Chaldean Church.” Consider the text of the last passage of his letter: “And (your help) will be a reason for the union of the four parts of the Chaldean Church…” With his seal: “Referring to Shimon Patriarch of Dkaldaye”.]]
'''3-''' A copy of the original letter written by the last Nestorian monk, “Rabbi Jonah”, and sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury Adur, dated 8 October Chaldean (sic in the Aramaic text), in 1884 – note in line 21-22 that it says:
“WE GRANT THIS PEACE (THE PEACE OF CHRIST) TO EVERYONE WHO ACCEPTS OUR PEACE, WE CHALDEAN NESTORIANS…”
 
[[File:1884 AD - Letter to Rome from Nestorian Patriack.gif|thumb|A copy of the original letter written by the last Nestorian monk, “Rabbi Jonah”, and sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury Adur, dated 8 October Chaldean (sic in the Aramaic text), in 1884 – note in line 21-22 that it says:“WE GRANT THIS PEACE (THE PEACE OF CHRIST) TO EVERYONE WHO ACCEPTS OUR PEACE, WE CHALDEAN NESTORIANS…”]]
'''4-''' The letter of the Metropolitan Khananishua to the sons of the Church of the East in the Archdiocese of Urmia and the parts of Kurdistan, written in 1895 and documented by his familiar seal, which reads: “Referring to Khananishua Mitrapolita Dekldayi”.
'''5-''' A second letter to Metropolitan Henanishua written on September 13, 1906, and authenticated by the same seal near the title of the letter: “Mahila Khanna Nehshua Mitrapolita D Kaldani”.
 
[[File:1895 AD Chaldean identity letters.jpg|thumb|4- The letter of the Metropolitan Khananishua to the sons of the Church of the East in the Archdiocese of Urmia and the parts of Kurdistan, written in 1895 and documented by his familiar seal, which reads: “Referring to Khananishua Mitrapolita Dekldayi”.5- A second letter to Metropolitan Henanishua written on September 13, 1906, and authenticated by the same seal near the title of the letter: “Mahila Khanna Nehshua Mitrapolita D Kaldani”.]]
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'''6-''' The familiar seal of Patriarch Mar Shimon Ishai, the last of the “Shimonite” patriarchs, in which we read his official title: “Referring Shimon to the Patriarch of Dkaldayi”.
 
[[File:1886 AD Document about Chaldean Identity.gif|thumb|The familiar seal of Patriarch Mar Shimon Ishai, the last of the “Shimonite” patriarchs, in which we read his official title: “Referring Shimon to the Patriarch of Dkaldayi”.]]
 
'''7-''' The conclusion of a letter written by Mar Shimon Ishai, Patriarch of Nicosia in Cyprus, on the twentieth of September 1933, in which he still uses the seal announcing his official title:
[[File:1933 - Mar Shimon Ishai, letter.gif|thumb|The conclusion of a letter written by Mar Shimon Ishai, Patriarch of Nicosia in Cyprus, on the twentieth of September 1933, in which he still uses the seal announcing his official title:“Referring to Shimon Patriarch of Da Kaldaye” (translated to:Shimon Patriarch the Chaldean)]]
“Referring to Shimon Patriarch of Da Kaldaye” (translated to: