The Story Of Mani The Prophet

  According to Biruni, he was born in Babylon, in the village of Merdino, near the Kuthi River. In the waterway that connected the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to each other in the south of Tisphon. Theodore Barkonai considers his birthplace to be Abromia, which has been adapted to the Arabic Ephronia. It is written in Al-Furst that Mani was from Hawhi. Walter Henning considers the birthplace of Mani to be the city of Jokha (Bat Draya) in the east of Tisphon. In one of the writings of Parti Manavi, Mani is called "Shepherd of Jokha". Tobach suggests that Mani was born in Merdino and his father took him to Jokha (Abromia) and grew up there.