Ḥasan bar Bahlul

Ḥasan bar Bahlul (Classical Syriac: ܚܣܢ ܒܪ ܒܗܠܘܠ ܐܠܐܘܐܢܝܐ, Ḥasan bar Bahlul; Arabic: الحسن بن بهلول الاواني الطيرهاني, al-Ḥasan ibn Bahlul al-Awāni al-Ṭirhāni) was a 10th-century Christian bishop and Syriac linguist.[1]

al-Ḥasan Bar Bahlul al-Awāni al-Ṭirhāni
Born10th century
Awāna, Iraq
Diedunknown
NationalitySyriac
Occupation(s)Bishop, Scholar and lexicographer
Notable workLexicon Syriacum, Kitāb al-dalā'il

Not much is known of Bar Bahlul's life. His name has appeared in the list of bishops who supported Abdisho I's ascent to the patriarchy of the Church of the East in 963.

Based on his nisbah, bar Bahlul was a native of Ṭīrhān, a district now part of the city of Samarra, Iraq.

Bar Bahlul is mainly known for his comprehensive Syriac-Arabic dictionary. He has also a number of other books that were lost on the biographies of Western and Eastern Syriac bishops and on the interpretation of dreams.[2] Something that has brought Bar Bahlul to attention is his claim that the modern day Syriacs and 'Assyrians' were formerly called 'Arameans'. [3]

References
  1. Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I.; Moosa, Matti (2003). The Scattered Pearls : a History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Gorgias Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781931956048.
  2. Lamoreaux, John C. (2002). The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpretation. SUNY Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780791453742. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  3. (R. Duval (ed.), Lexicon Syriacum, Paris, 1988-1901, p. 1323-1324 ″The Syriacs were formerly called Arameans..″
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