1867-1915
Historian and literary researcher- achiever, was born in Shaqlawa, Erbil. Joined the Institute of St. John in Mosul in 1879, and in 1889 was ordained a priest, then in 1902 became bishop of Saart (Turkey). He was killed by the Turkish in 1915. He perfected Syriac, Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish and French. Of his important books: “The famous Nisaibin School”, Beirut 1905 / “The Persian Vocabularies in Arabic language”, Beirut 1908 / “The history of Chaldo-Athour”, 1′ V, Beirut 1912 and 2″ V. Beirut, 1913. He organized tables contain the manuscripts of: Saart library , the library of “Al-Sayeda” monastery, the library of Diyarbakir archbishopric, the library of Chaldean Patriarchate in Mosul, the Archbishopric of Mardin and the Library of Vatican. The most important publications which he achieved: “The Autobiography of the most famous Martyrs of the East” (2 V.) Mosul, 1900-1906. “The history of Saart” published in (2 V.) in the Eastern .Patrologia in 1907- 1918
