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Patr. and scholar. He was born to Stephan Barsoum and Susan Abdulnur, who
both hailed from distinguished families of
imām. He
joined
His main works include al-Luʾluʾ al-Manthūr (Ḥimṣ
1943, 2nd ed. Aleppo 1956), a historical survey of Syriac literature and
sciences (ET by M. Moosa entitled The scattered
pearls, 2004); Maktbonuto d-ʿal ʾatro d-Ṭur
ʿabdin, published posthumously with an Arabic translation by Boulos
Behnam (1963) and with an English translation entitled History of Tur Abdin by M. Moosa (2009); Nuzhat
al-Adhhān fī taʾrīkh dayr al-zaʿfarān, a history of Dayr
al-Zaʿfarān (Mardin, 1917; ET by M. Moosa, 2008); Taʾrīkh
al-abrashiyyāt al-suryāniyya, a history of the Syriac Diocese
published partially in the Patriarchal Magazine, Jerusalem
al-Durar al-nafīsa fī mukhtaṣar taʾrīkh
al-kanīsa, a history of the Church until the 4th cent. (Ḥimṣ,
1940), with a shorter version entitled al-Mawrid
al-ʿadhb for school children (1953); al-ʿAlfāẓ
al-suryāniyya fī al-maʿājim
al-ʿarabiyya (1951), a study of Syriac lexemes in the Arabic
language. A full listing of his works is provided by G. Y. Ibrahim.
See Fig. 21.