Sifr al-Akhbar fi Safar al-Ahbar

Al-Dibs, Yusuf.

Published by al-Matba'a al-Umumiya, Beirut, 1868

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422 Arabic lithographed text, with borders, modern hard back binding, scatered foxing, otherwise copy clean and in very good condition. Al-Dibs writer and educator. He was born on 8 Nov. 1833 in Ras Keifa, and was raised in Kfar Zina, near Tripoli. He studied at the College at 'Ayn Warqa, a successor to the Maronite College in Rome since 1789. He established in 1851 a school in Tripoli where he taught Arabic until 1852. He was ordained priest in 1855, and taught (1855-1860) at Mar Yuhanna Marun school in Kfar ?ay. He was appointed secretary to Patr. Bulus Mas'ad (1854-90), and consecrated bp. of Beirut in 1872. He helped to establish the Printing press at Ahden in 1859, which was later bought by Dayr Quzhayya, and became partner in the General Press (al-Ma?ba'a al-'Umumiyya). He engaged in many polemical discussions, esp. with Bp. Yousef Daoud of the Syr. Cath. Church. He established a number of schools, most notably Al-hikma in 1878 in Beirut. He built a number of churches, esp. the Maron. Cathedral in Beirut in 1894. He was a contemporary of St. Sharbil. A complete list of his literary works, numbering 44 items, is given by hayek. Of relevance are: 1. a history of Syria in 8 vols. (1893-1905), with an abridged edition (1907); 2. al-Jami' al-Mufassal, being the sections from the previous that pertain to the Maronite history (1905); 3.??a book on the lives of Saints (ms.). He also edited: 1. the office of burial in Garshuni 1882); sermons in Garshuni (1884); a lectionary of the Pauline Epistles in Garshuni (1886, 1897, 1901); three liturgical books on the Divine Liturgy (all in 1888); shimto (1890). Finally, he translated theological books from Italian and Latin into Arabic. Ref: Jirji Zaidan, Tarajim Masahir al-sarq, vol. 2 (1902), 302-7. Seller Inventory # 7905

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sifr al-Akhbar fi Safar al-Ahbar

Publisher: al-Matba'a al-Umumiya, Beirut

Publication Date: 1868

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New