Asad Rustum
Lebanese historian
Asad Rustum was born on June 4, 1897 in Dhour El Choueir and died on June 23, 1965 in Beirut, aged 68. Recorded occupations: historian, university teacher, manuscriptologist and writer. Country of citizenship: Ottoman Empire, Arab Kingdom of Syria and French mandate of Lebanon. Notable works include “Muṣṭalaḥ Al-Tā’rīkh”, “Wathīqat al-Duzdār wa-qaḍīyat al-Burāq”, “ʻĪsá Iskandar al-Maʻlūf al-muʼarrikh al-Lubnānī bi-munāsabat dhikrāhu al-sābiʻah fī 2 Tammūz 1963”, “Al-ʾamīr ḥīdr aḥmd al-šhābī ūtārīẖh al-ġrr al-ḥsān fī aẖbār abnāʾ al-zmān”, “Al-uslūb al-ʻilmī wa-al-taʼrīkh” and “Tārīkh Fakhr al-Dīn al-Thānī”. Educated at American University of Beirut and University of Chicago. Honours include Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic and Order of Merit.
- Born
- June 4, 1897 · Dhour El Choueir
- Died
- June 23, 1965 · Beirut
- Age at death
- 68
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire, Arab Kingdom of Syria, French mandate of Lebanon
- Occupations
- historian, university teacher, manuscriptologist, writer
- Notable works
- Muṣṭalaḥ Al-Tā’rīkh, Wathīqat al-Duzdār wa-qaḍīyat al-Burāq, ʻĪsá Iskandar al-Maʻlūf al-muʼarrikh al-Lubnānī bi-munāsabat dhikrāhu al-sābiʻah fī 2 Tammūz 1963, Al-ʾamīr ḥīdr aḥmd al-šhābī ūtārīẖh al-ġrr al-ḥsān fī aẖbār abnāʾ al-zmān, Al-uslūb al-ʻilmī wa-al-taʼrīkh, Tārīkh Fakhr al-Dīn al-Thānī
- Education
- American University of Beirut, University of Chicago
- Honours
- Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic, Order of Merit
- Wikipedia editions
- 7 languages
- Signature licence
- CC0
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