Asad Rustum

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Asad Rustum
أسد رستم
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Born
Asad bin Jibra'il Rustum Muja'is

(1897-06-04)4 June 1897
Dhour El Choueir, Lebanon
Died23 June 1965(1965-06-23) (aged 68)
OccupationHistorian, academic, and writer

Asad bin Jibrāʼīl Rustum Mujāʻiṣ (Arabic: أسد بن جبرائيل رستم مجاعص‎;[1] 4 June 1897 – 23 June 1965) was a Lebanese historian, academic and writer. He published more than 15 books related to the history of the Middle East.[2]

Life[]

Rustum was born in Dhour El Choueir on 4 June 1897. He obtained his bachelor and master from the American University of Beirut in 1919, then PhD in History of the Middle East from the University of Chicago in 1923, then he went back to Beirut where he taught History of the Middle East at the American University of Beirut until his resignation in 1943.[3] He received the Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Lebanese order of merit in 1964.[2]

Rustum died on 23 June 1965.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Al-Ziriklī. Al-Aʻlām (in Arabic).
  2. ^ a b "كتب ومؤلفات أسد رستم". Hindawi Foundation (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  3. ^ Mounir, Mahmoud (7 June 2019). "صدر قديماً: "الروم" لـ أسد رستم". alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). The New Arab. Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  4. ^ Hasan, Maher (23 June 2020). ""زي النهارده".. وفاة المؤرخ اللبناني أسد رستم 23 يونيو 1965". almasryalyoum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-10-08.


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