Mikhail Mishaqa
Lebanese historian · Turkey · On the map · Writers · Lived 1799 to 1888 · aged 89
Mikhail Mishaqa, or Michael Meshaka, was a Lebanese academic, diplomat and musician reputed to be the first historian of modern Ottoman Syria and the "virtual founder of the twenty-four equal quarter tone scale".
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About this person
His memoir of the 1860 Mount Lebanon and Damascus civil war is valuable to historians as the only account written by a survivor of the massacre of Syrian Christians in Damascus. In 1859, he was appointed vice-consul of the United States in Damascus.
Country
Turkey
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1799 to 1888 · aged 89
