1908 -1992
He was a researcher and historian. He was born in Mosul. He graduated from the Primary Teachers School in Baghdad in 1926, He worked in the education sector for ten years. He became a secretary to the Iraqi Museum Library from 1936 to 1964, In 1950 he was sent by UNESCO to study librarianship at the University of Chicago. In 1956 he made scientific visits to Arab and European countries to study the manuscripts there. He was in charge of the Mustansiriya University Library from 1963 to 1972 , He was a member of several Arab and eastern scientific academies. He began publishing in 1931 in the magazine Alnajim (the Star). He had about 80 books and 500 rescarches and studies, including: Monastery of Raban Hurmiz’ in 1934, Treasures of Ancient Books in Iraq in 1948 , Aldyarat Lilshabashti in 1954, *Historical Archacological Investigations in Eastern Mosul’ in 1961, Father Anastas Marie the Carmelite’ in 1966, Lexicon of Iraqi Authors’ (in 3 parts) in 1969, Lexicon of the Arab and Arabized Trips in the Past and Present (a manuscript in six parts).
