Shidyāq, Ṭannūs ibn Yūsuf, -1861 or 1862

Merchant who became an agent of the Shihāb dynasty, known for his history of the region of Mount Lebanon

HMML ID
176590057283
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/176590057283
LC name
Shidyāq, Ṭannūs ibn Yūsuf, -1861 or 1862
HMML name
Shidyāq, Ṭannūs ibn Yūsuf, -1861 or 1862
HMML native script
شدياق، طنوس بن يوسف
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90017221
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/314817512

Variants

  • Ṭannūs ibn Yūsuf al-Shidyāq

Personal information

Death date
[1861,1862]
Centuries
19th century CE
Gender
Males
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General notes

Description
Maronite, born in al-Ḥadat at the beginning of the 19th century; student at ʻAin Warqa; agent of the Shihab emirs of Lebanon in Akko and Damascus, and Qāḍī for Christians; died in 1861; his most important work is a history of notables in Mount Lebanon
Citations
Georg Graf, Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur, vol. 4, Die Schriftsteller von der Mitte des 15. bis zum ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Syrer, Armenier, Kopten, Missionsliteratur, Profanliteratur (Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1951), 295-296.

Preferred citation

"Shidyāq, Ṭannūs ibn Yūsuf, -1861 or 1862." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified November 28, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/176590057283

Change notes

Date added
2021-06-15
Last edited
2023-11-28