Instead, it merely laid down that once it became possible to appoint a metropolitan, he would have jurisdiction over the dioceses of Karka d'Ledan, Hormizd Ardashir, Shushter and Susa.
In 893 Eliya of Damascus listed four suffragan dioceses in the 'eparchy of Jundishapur', in the following order: Karkh Ladan and al-Sus (Susa and Karka d'Ledan), al-Ahwaz (Hormizd Ardashir), Tesr (Shushter) and Mihrganqadaq (Ispahan and Mihraganqadaq).
[9] The deacon Pusaï was among the signatories of the acts of the synod of Babaï in 497, on behalf of the metropolitan Marwaï of Beth Huzaye.
[10] The metropolitan Paul of Beth Huzaye, who had earlier been bishop of Hormizd Ardashir, was elected patriarch in 539.
[11] The metropolitan Paul of Beth Huzaye was among the bishops who rallied to the patriarch Aba I in 540 and signed his Pragmatic.
[12] The bishop Shemʿon, 'bishop, metropolitan of Beth Huzaye', was among the signatories of the acts of the synod of Joseph in 554.
[13] The bishop Dalaï, 'bishop, metropolitan of Beth Huzaye', was among the signatories of the acts of the synod of Ezekiel in 576.
[17] The patriarch Giwargis II (828–31), formerly superior of the monastery of Beth ʿAbe, was consecrated metropolitan of ʿIlam by Timothy I c.807 at the request of the caliph Harun al-Rashid's powerful court physician Gabriel ibn Bokhtishoʿ.
He was metropolitan of ʿIlam 'for twenty years', and was consecrated patriarch on 16 June 828 on the death of Ishoʿ Bar Nun.
[19] The bishop Theodore of Qardu was appointed metropolitan of ʿIlam by the patriarch Yohannan III immediately after his consecration on 15 July 893.
[23] The bishop Sabrishoʿ of Piroz Shabur (al-Anbar) was appointed metropolitan of ʿIlam during the reign of the patriarch Mari (987–99).
[26] The bishop Sabrishoʿ of Balad was consecrated metropolitan of ʿIlam at an unknown date during the reign of the patriarch ʿAbdishoʿ II (1074–90).
[27] The metropolitan and natar kursya ʿAbdishoʿ of ʿIlam was present at the consecration of the patriarch Sabrishoʿ IV in 1222.
[28] The metropolitan Eliya of ʿIlam was present as 'guardian of the throne' (natar kursya) at the consecration of the patriarch Makkikha II in 1257.
[41] The bishop Bataï of Hormizd Ardashir, presumably a different man, was among the signatories of the acts of the synod of Acacius in 486.
[42] The priests Abraham, Maraï, Shemʿon and Adurhormizd were among the signatories of the acts of the synod of Babaï in 497, on behalf of the bishop Shila of Hormizd Ardashir.
[43] The bishop Buzaq (or Yozaq) of al-Ahwaz (Hormizd Ardashir) flourished in the 530s, during the schism of Narsaï and Elishaʿ.
[46] The patriarch visited Hormizd Ardashir and 'having made some urgent corrections there, restored the concord and peace of Christ there with the reconciliation of its inhabitants with their shepherd, the bishop and friend of God Mar Shila'.
[48] The bishop David of Hormizd Ardashir was among the signatories of the acts of the synods of Ezekiel in 576 and Ishoʿyahb I in 585.
[50] The bishop Theodore of Hormizd Ardashir was sent by the patriarch Ishoʿyahb III (649–59) on a mission to the refractory metropolitan Shemʿon of Fars.
[51] The bishop Shemʿon of 'Beth Huzaye' (Hormizd Ardashir) was present at the consecration of the patriarch Yohannan IV in 900.
[78] The bishop Ishoʿyahb of Susa was appointed metropolitan of Hulwan by the patriarch Yohannan III immediately after his consecration on 15 July 893.
[90] The bishop Shemʿon 'of Nisibis', abusively consecrated for 'Shurag, Ram Hormizd and other places' during the schism of Narsaï andElishaʿ in the early years of the sixth century, was deposed by the patriarch Mar Aba I in 540, but was allowed to continue as a priest in Shushter under the supervision of its bishop Elishaʿ.