 The tombs of Daniel of the Bible, and the caliph Al-Ma'mun (786–833), are both in Tarsus.Saint Paul was a resident of Tarsus.He was born and lived in Tarsus as a Jew named Saul and, after converting, made a number of missionary journeys ending in his arrest and beheading by the Roman Emperor Nero in AD 64 or 67 on the 29th of June.