John of Damascus served Umayyad caliphs while writing Christian theology in Greek.
Evidence
YuhannĂą b. MansĂ»r b. SarjĂ»n, better known as John of Damascus, bridged two worlds. Melkite presbyter and monk, John wrote extensively in Greek on a variety of theological issues. Yet he was also one of the chief ïŹnancial administrators of the Umayyad caliphs âAbd al-Malik (685â705) and WalĂźd I (705â15). Johnâs family had long been prominent in Damascus; indeed, it was probably his grandfather, MansĂ»r b. SarjĂ»n, who surrendered the city to KhĂąlid b. al-WalĂźd in 635. Johnâs father, apparently, was an Arabic Christian who spoke no Greek; one Greek writer praises John for having learned Greek so fast. â John V. Tolan, Saracens, 338