Tri listy Mikuláša I. Mystika a ich miesto v byzantsko-muslinských vzťahoch 10. storočia
The three letters of Nicholas I Mystikos and its role in Byzantine-Muslin relations in the 10th century

Summary/Abstract: Knowledge of Muhammad was available in Christendom from after the early expansion of his religion. The earliest documented Christian knowledge of Muhammad stems from Byzantine sources. Nicholas I Mystikos was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 901 to 907 and from 912 to his death in 925. Emperor LeoVI the Wise made him mystikos. Nicolas was involved in foreign policy, first as regent for infant Constantine the Porphyrogenetos in 913 – 920 and to 925 as is evidenced by his letters. His three letters caliph Al-Muqtadir have been preserved. Nicholas corresponded with the Caliph on political matters. From them we learn that a good deal of mutual tolerance did, in fact, exist between Moslems and Christians, especially when the opponents were able to exercise retaliation in case of abuse.

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