Umar Rida Kahhala
Umar Rida Kahhalah (1905 - 1987) was a historian, scholar, and writer from Damascus, Syria. He published many important works on Arabic history, as well as indices of biographies of Arab scholars and intellectuals.
Published Works[]
- Mu'jam al-Mu'allifin, 4, Damascus, 1961 [1957] - (معجم المؤلفين) 4 volumes, bibliographic-biographical dictionary; "indispensable reference work for Arabic scholars and librarians."
- A'lām al-Nisā', Damascus: Al-Hashimi Press, 1959
Bibliography[]
- Farrāj, ʻAṭā Sālim (2008) [1998], Kashshāf Muʻjam al-muʼallifīn li-Kaḥḥālah, Maktabat al-Malik Fahd al-Waṭanīyah;On ʻUmar Riḍā Kaḥḥālah's Muʻjam al-muʼallifīn.
External links[]
- Umar Kahhala (arabic)
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1987 deaths
- Arabists
- Bibliographers
- Muslim encyclopedists
- People from Damascus
- Syrian biographers
- Syrian lexicographers
- Syrian historians
- Syrian writers
- 20th-century historians
- 20th-century lexicographers
- Asian historian stubs
- Syrian writer stubs