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*[https://shamela.ws/category/27 Al-Maktabah al-Shamilah (The Comprehensive Library) - Genealogy Category (Arabic)] - catalogue of Arabic books on genealogy with detailed descriptions; books not accessible directly on website | |||
*[https:// | *[https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0078 Arab-American Naff Collection] at Smithsonian Institution - Oral histories and compiled genealogies | ||
** | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/MENA/syria-books Arab Genealogy Books Online] at FamilySearch Library; open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. They contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages. | ||
*[https:// | *''Branching out from Sepharad : a global journey of selected rabbinic families with biographies and genealogies'' by Roffé, Sarina Missry. Brooklyn, [New York]:Sephardic Heritage Project, 2017. {{FSC|4459892|item|disp=FS Catalog book 929.25691 K154r}} | ||
*[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/collections/bdr:6f46cmu8/ Brown University Library - Ottoman Records of Greater Syria] - collection of Ottoman era Islamic court records, advisory council records, and private family papers from the Levant | |||
*[https:// | *''Encyclopedia of Damascene Families: Their History, Genealogies, and Notable Figures'' by Sawaf, Muhammad Sharif. Damascus, Syria:Bayt al-Ḥikmah, 2010. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|932001}} | ||
*[https:// | **"موسوعة الأسر الدمشقية : تاريخها، أنسابها، أعلامها /'' صواف، محمد شريف | ||
*[https:// | *''Families of the Levant in the Ottoman Era: A Historical Documentary Study'' by Shami, Ayoub Abdel Rahman. Amman, Jordan:Dār al-Fatḥ lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Nashr, 2011. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|938299}} | ||
*[https:// | **"عائلات بلاد الشام في العهد العثماني : دراسة تاريخية وثائقية /'' شامي، أيوب عبد الرحمن | ||
*[https:// | *[https://aanm.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16806coll4 Family History Archive: Syrian and Lebanese Families in the American South] at Arab American National Museum - Oral histories and compiled genealogies | ||
*[https://olomlnassb.blogspot.com/ Genealogical Science Library (Arabic - <big>مكتبة علوم النسب</big>)] - digital catalogue of Arabic books on family and tribal genealogies; open source books are linked and accessible**Email: [mailto:Olomanasb@gmail.com olomanasb@gmail.com] | |||
*''Ghurar al-Sham: Biographies of the Al-Khatib al-Hasaniya family and their contemporaries'' by The Husseini preacher, Abdul Aziz Muhammad Suhail. Damascus, Syria:Dar Hassan, 1996. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|932253}} | |||
**"غرر الشام : في تراجم آل الخطيب الحسنية ومعاصريهم /'' الخطيب الحسيني، عبد العزيز محمد سهيل | |||
*''Jews of Damascus, Syria'' by Al-Ajlani, Shams al-Din. Damascus, Syria:Sh.al-D. al-ʻAjlānī, 2008. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|939979}} | |||
**"يهود دمشق الشام /'' العجلاني ، شمس الدين، | |||
*"L'dor v'dor : tracing the Missry familiy heritage," by Sarina Missry Roffé. New York, New York : Sephardic Heritage Project, 2021. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|962265}} | |||
*"Salem and Cohen family tree : a genealogy from the sephardic heritage project," by Sarina Roffé. Brooklyn, [New York] : Seraphic Heritage Project, ©2014. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|973584}} | |||
*''Origins of Damascene genealogies'' by Hamzawi, Abdel Karim. Damascus, Syria:Maktabat Dār al-Daqqāq, 2016. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDL|937267}} | |||
**"أصول الأنساب الدمشقية /'' حمزاوي, عبد الكريم | |||
*''A Summary on Genealogy (in Arabic)'', by ʻUmar ibn Yūsuf, Sultan of Yemen, Damascus: Maṭbaʻat al-Tarqī, 1949. '''''Online at:''''' [http://hdl.handle.net/2333.1/59zw3t9x Arabic Collections Online]. | |||
** 1949 :طرفة الاصحاب في معرفة الانساب ,عمر بن يوسف ,دمشق ,مطبعة الترقي | |||
*''Tārīkh wa-shajarat ‘ā’ilat Jabārah'' by Jabārah, Rimūn Fāris. No Publisher Information. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/aub_aco001875 New York University]; History of the Jabarah family | |||
**.تاريخ وشجرات عائلة جباره .ثيودور نولدكه No Publisher Information | |||
*''Rawḍ al-bashar fī a‘yān Dimashq fī al-qarn al-thālith ‘ashar, 1200-1300'' by Shaṭṭī, Jamīl. Dimashq:Maṭba‘at Dār al-Yaqaẓah al-‘Arabīyah, 1905?. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/aub_aco001051 New York University]; Newspaper obituaries and histories of families in Damascus. | |||
**.روض البشر في اعيان دمشق في القرن الثالث عشر، 1300-1200 .محمد جميل الشطي دمش:مطبعة دار اليقظة العربية، 1905? | |||
*''al-Shajarah al-Muḥammadīyah'' by Jawwānī, Muḥammad ibn Asʻad. Isṭanbūl:Maṭba‘at Sandah, 1912?. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/aub_aco001386 New York University]; Classical text on the family tree of the Prophet Mohammad | |||
**.الشجرة المحمدية .محمد بن أسعد الجواني إستانبول:مطبعة سندة ,1912? | |||
*''Mu‘jam al-ansāb wa-al-usarāt al-ḥākimah fī al-tārīkh al-Islāmī v.1-2'' by Zakī, Muḥammad Amīn. Miṣr:Maṭba‘at Jāmi‘at Fu’ād al-Awwal, 1951-1952. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/aub_aco000245 New York University]; Genealogies of Ruling Muslim Families | |||
**.معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي .أدوارد كارل ماكس فون زامباور مصر: مطبعة جامعة فؤاد الأول ,1951-1952 | |||
*''Kitāb Sharaf al-asbāṭ'' by Qāsimī, Jamāl al-Dīn. Dimashq:Maṭbaat al-Taraqqī, 1912?. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/aub_aco000092 New York University]; Compilation of books and documents on the family and descendants of the Prophet Mohammad | |||
**.كتاب شرف الأسباط .جمال الدين القاسمي دمشق:مطبعة الترقي ,1912? | |||
*''Jamharat ansāb al-ʻArab'' by Ibn Ḥazm, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad. Miṣr:Dār al-Maʻārif, 1948. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/nyu_aco001223 New York University]; Famous compilation of Arab genealogies | |||
**.جمهرة أنساب العرب .علي ابن أحمد ابن حزم مصر:دار المعارف ,1948 | |||
*''al- Qaṣd wa-al-umam fī al-taʻrīf bi-uṣūl ansāb al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam wa-man awwal man takallam bi-al-ʻArabīyah min al-umam'' by Ibn ʻAbd al-Barr, Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh. al-Azhar [Cairo]:Maktabat al-Qudsī, 1931 or 1932. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/columbia_aco000505 New York University]; Classical text on major Arab genealogies | |||
**.القصد والأمم في التعريف بأصول أنساب العرب والعجم ومن أول من تكلم بالعربية من الأمم .يوسف بن عبد الله لأزهر [القاهرة]:مكتبة القدسي ,1931 1932 or | |||
*''Lubāb al-ansāb wa-al-alqāb wa-al-aʻqāb juz 1'' by Bayhaqī, ʻAlī ibn Zayd. ???. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/object-in-processing/ New York University]; Genealogies of the House of the Prophet Mohammad | |||
**.لباب الأنساب والألقاب والأعقاب الجزء الأول .علي بن زيد البيهقي ??? | |||
*''Lubāb al-ansāb wa-al-alqāb wa-al-aʻqāb juz 1'' by Bayhaqī, ʻAlī ibn Zayd. ???. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/object-in-processing/ New York University]; Genealogies of the House of the Prophet Mohammad | |||
**.لباب الأنساب والألقاب والأعقاب الجزء الأول .علي بن زيد البيهقي ??? | |||
*''Mukhtalaf al-qabāʼil wa-muʼtalafihā'' by Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 197-?. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/nyu_aco001226 New York University]; Classical compilation of Arab tribes and coalitions | |||
**.مختلف القبائل ومؤتلفها .محمد بن حبيب بغدا:مكتبة المثنى 197-? | |||
*''al- Lubāb fī tahdhīb al-Ansāb juz 3'' by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 19--. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/cornell_aco000732 New York University]; Classical text on Arab genealogies | |||
**.اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب الجزء الثالث .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى ,19-- | |||
*''al- Lubāb fī tahdhīb al-Ansāb juz 2'' by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 19--. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/cornell_aco000692 New York University]; Classical text on Arab genealogies | |||
**.اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب الجزء الثاني .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى ,19-- | |||
*''al- Lubāb fī tahdhīb al-Ansāb juz 1'' by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 19--. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/cornell_aco000691 New York University]; Classical text on Arab genealogies | |||
**.اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب الجزء الأول .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى، 19-- | |||
*''Takmilat Ikmāl al-Ikmāl fī al-ansāb wa al-asmāʼ wa-al-alqāb'' by Ibn al-Ṣābūnī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī. Baghdād:Maṭbaʻat al-Majmaʻ al-ʻIlmī al-ʻIrāqī, 1957. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/cornell_aco000549 New York University]; Classical text on Arab genealogies | |||
**.تكملة اكمال الاكمال في الأنساب والأسماء والألقاب .محمد ابن علي ابن الصابوني بغداد:مطبعة المجمع العلمي العراقي، 1957 | |||
*''al- Ansāb al-muttafiqah'' by Ibn al-Qaysarānī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir. Baghdād:[Maktabat al-Muthanná], 1963. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/columbia_aco000073 New York University]; Classical text on Arab genealogies | |||
**.الأنساب المتفقة .محمد ابن طاهر ابن القيسراني [بغداد]:[مكتبة المثنى]، 1963 | |||
*''Kitāb lubb al-lubāb fī taḥrīr al-ansāb'' by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 1964?. '''''Online at:''''' [https://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/book/columbia_aco001110 New York University]; Classical text on Arab genealogies | |||
**.كتاب لب اللباب في تحرير الأنساب .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى، 1964? | |||
*See [[Syria Tribes and Clans]] for more resources. | |||
=== | ===Print Publications=== | ||
*{{FSC|1284785|item|disp=Daib-Dukhlala pedigree chart}} at FamilySearch Catalog - pedigree chart | |||
*{{FSC|1254652|item|disp=The Shadids family at Gedeidet-Merjoyoun, Lebanon}} at FamilySearch Catalog - pedigree chart (includes some relatives in Syria) | |||
==Background== | |||
==Types of Records== | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | |||
==Oral Genealogies== | |||
*See [[Oral Genealogies]] for more resources. | |||
* | ==Strategy== | ||
*See [[Compiled Genealogies]] for more online collections, catalogs, and repositories. | |||
*Some repositories or societies may have additional compiled genealogies. See [[Syria Archives and Libraries]] and [[Syria Societies]] for more resources. | |||
== | ==References== | ||
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Resources[edit | edit source]
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Al-Maktabah al-Shamilah (The Comprehensive Library) - Genealogy Category (Arabic) - catalogue of Arabic books on genealogy with detailed descriptions; books not accessible directly on website
- Arab-American Naff Collection at Smithsonian Institution - Oral histories and compiled genealogies
- Arab Genealogy Books Online at FamilySearch Library; open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. They contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages.
- Branching out from Sepharad : a global journey of selected rabbinic families with biographies and genealogies by Roffé, Sarina Missry. Brooklyn, [New York]:Sephardic Heritage Project, 2017. FS Catalog book 929.25691 K154r
- Brown University Library - Ottoman Records of Greater Syria - collection of Ottoman era Islamic court records, advisory council records, and private family papers from the Levant
- Encyclopedia of Damascene Families: Their History, Genealogies, and Notable Figures by Sawaf, Muhammad Sharif. Damascus, Syria:Bayt al-Ḥikmah, 2010. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "موسوعة الأسر الدمشقية : تاريخها، أنسابها، أعلامها / صواف، محمد شريف
- Families of the Levant in the Ottoman Era: A Historical Documentary Study by Shami, Ayoub Abdel Rahman. Amman, Jordan:Dār al-Fatḥ lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Nashr, 2011. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "عائلات بلاد الشام في العهد العثماني : دراسة تاريخية وثائقية / شامي، أيوب عبد الرحمن
- Family History Archive: Syrian and Lebanese Families in the American South at Arab American National Museum - Oral histories and compiled genealogies
- Genealogical Science Library (Arabic - مكتبة علوم النسب) - digital catalogue of Arabic books on family and tribal genealogies; open source books are linked and accessible**Email: olomanasb@gmail.com
- Ghurar al-Sham: Biographies of the Al-Khatib al-Hasaniya family and their contemporaries by The Husseini preacher, Abdul Aziz Muhammad Suhail. Damascus, Syria:Dar Hassan, 1996. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "غرر الشام : في تراجم آل الخطيب الحسنية ومعاصريهم / الخطيب الحسيني، عبد العزيز محمد سهيل
- Jews of Damascus, Syria by Al-Ajlani, Shams al-Din. Damascus, Syria:Sh.al-D. al-ʻAjlānī, 2008. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "يهود دمشق الشام / العجلاني ، شمس الدين،
- "L'dor v'dor : tracing the Missry familiy heritage," by Sarina Missry Roffé. New York, New York : Sephardic Heritage Project, 2021. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "Salem and Cohen family tree : a genealogy from the sephardic heritage project," by Sarina Roffé. Brooklyn, [New York] : Seraphic Heritage Project, ©2014. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- Origins of Damascene genealogies by Hamzawi, Abdel Karim. Damascus, Syria:Maktabat Dār al-Daqqāq, 2016. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "أصول الأنساب الدمشقية / حمزاوي, عبد الكريم
- A Summary on Genealogy (in Arabic), by ʻUmar ibn Yūsuf, Sultan of Yemen, Damascus: Maṭbaʻat al-Tarqī, 1949. Online at: Arabic Collections Online.
- 1949 :طرفة الاصحاب في معرفة الانساب ,عمر بن يوسف ,دمشق ,مطبعة الترقي
- Tārīkh wa-shajarat ‘ā’ilat Jabārah by Jabārah, Rimūn Fāris. No Publisher Information. Online at: New York University; History of the Jabarah family
- .تاريخ وشجرات عائلة جباره .ثيودور نولدكه No Publisher Information
- Rawḍ al-bashar fī a‘yān Dimashq fī al-qarn al-thālith ‘ashar, 1200-1300 by Shaṭṭī, Jamīl. Dimashq:Maṭba‘at Dār al-Yaqaẓah al-‘Arabīyah, 1905?. Online at: New York University; Newspaper obituaries and histories of families in Damascus.
- .روض البشر في اعيان دمشق في القرن الثالث عشر، 1300-1200 .محمد جميل الشطي دمش:مطبعة دار اليقظة العربية، 1905?
- al-Shajarah al-Muḥammadīyah by Jawwānī, Muḥammad ibn Asʻad. Isṭanbūl:Maṭba‘at Sandah, 1912?. Online at: New York University; Classical text on the family tree of the Prophet Mohammad
- .الشجرة المحمدية .محمد بن أسعد الجواني إستانبول:مطبعة سندة ,1912?
- Mu‘jam al-ansāb wa-al-usarāt al-ḥākimah fī al-tārīkh al-Islāmī v.1-2 by Zakī, Muḥammad Amīn. Miṣr:Maṭba‘at Jāmi‘at Fu’ād al-Awwal, 1951-1952. Online at: New York University; Genealogies of Ruling Muslim Families
- .معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي .أدوارد كارل ماكس فون زامباور مصر: مطبعة جامعة فؤاد الأول ,1951-1952
- Kitāb Sharaf al-asbāṭ by Qāsimī, Jamāl al-Dīn. Dimashq:Maṭbaat al-Taraqqī, 1912?. Online at: New York University; Compilation of books and documents on the family and descendants of the Prophet Mohammad
- .كتاب شرف الأسباط .جمال الدين القاسمي دمشق:مطبعة الترقي ,1912?
- Jamharat ansāb al-ʻArab by Ibn Ḥazm, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad. Miṣr:Dār al-Maʻārif, 1948. Online at: New York University; Famous compilation of Arab genealogies
- .جمهرة أنساب العرب .علي ابن أحمد ابن حزم مصر:دار المعارف ,1948
- al- Qaṣd wa-al-umam fī al-taʻrīf bi-uṣūl ansāb al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam wa-man awwal man takallam bi-al-ʻArabīyah min al-umam by Ibn ʻAbd al-Barr, Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh. al-Azhar [Cairo]:Maktabat al-Qudsī, 1931 or 1932. Online at: New York University; Classical text on major Arab genealogies
- .القصد والأمم في التعريف بأصول أنساب العرب والعجم ومن أول من تكلم بالعربية من الأمم .يوسف بن عبد الله لأزهر [القاهرة]:مكتبة القدسي ,1931 1932 or
- Lubāb al-ansāb wa-al-alqāb wa-al-aʻqāb juz 1 by Bayhaqī, ʻAlī ibn Zayd. ???. Online at: New York University; Genealogies of the House of the Prophet Mohammad
- .لباب الأنساب والألقاب والأعقاب الجزء الأول .علي بن زيد البيهقي ???
- Lubāb al-ansāb wa-al-alqāb wa-al-aʻqāb juz 1 by Bayhaqī, ʻAlī ibn Zayd. ???. Online at: New York University; Genealogies of the House of the Prophet Mohammad
- .لباب الأنساب والألقاب والأعقاب الجزء الأول .علي بن زيد البيهقي ???
- Mukhtalaf al-qabāʼil wa-muʼtalafihā by Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 197-?. Online at: New York University; Classical compilation of Arab tribes and coalitions
- .مختلف القبائل ومؤتلفها .محمد بن حبيب بغدا:مكتبة المثنى 197-?
- al- Lubāb fī tahdhīb al-Ansāb juz 3 by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 19--. Online at: New York University; Classical text on Arab genealogies
- .اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب الجزء الثالث .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى ,19--
- al- Lubāb fī tahdhīb al-Ansāb juz 2 by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 19--. Online at: New York University; Classical text on Arab genealogies
- .اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب الجزء الثاني .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى ,19--
- al- Lubāb fī tahdhīb al-Ansāb juz 1 by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 19--. Online at: New York University; Classical text on Arab genealogies
- .اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب الجزء الأول .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى، 19--
- Takmilat Ikmāl al-Ikmāl fī al-ansāb wa al-asmāʼ wa-al-alqāb by Ibn al-Ṣābūnī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī. Baghdād:Maṭbaʻat al-Majmaʻ al-ʻIlmī al-ʻIrāqī, 1957. Online at: New York University; Classical text on Arab genealogies
- .تكملة اكمال الاكمال في الأنساب والأسماء والألقاب .محمد ابن علي ابن الصابوني بغداد:مطبعة المجمع العلمي العراقي، 1957
- al- Ansāb al-muttafiqah by Ibn al-Qaysarānī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir. Baghdād:[Maktabat al-Muthanná], 1963. Online at: New York University; Classical text on Arab genealogies
- .الأنساب المتفقة .محمد ابن طاهر ابن القيسراني [بغداد]:[مكتبة المثنى]، 1963
- Kitāb lubb al-lubāb fī taḥrīr al-ansāb by Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn. Baghdād:Maktabat al-Muthanná, 1964?. Online at: New York University; Classical text on Arab genealogies
- .كتاب لب اللباب في تحرير الأنساب .عز الدين بن الأثير بغداد:مكتبة المثنى، 1964?
- See Syria Tribes and Clans for more resources.
Print Publications[edit | edit source]
- Daib-Dukhlala pedigree chart at FamilySearch Catalog - pedigree chart
- The Shadids family at Gedeidet-Merjoyoun, Lebanon at FamilySearch Catalog - pedigree chart (includes some relatives in Syria)
Background[edit | edit source]
Types of Records[edit | edit source]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Oral Genealogies[edit | edit source]
- See Oral Genealogies for more resources.
Strategy[edit | edit source]
- See Compiled Genealogies for more online collections, catalogs, and repositories.
- Some repositories or societies may have additional compiled genealogies. See Syria Archives and Libraries and Syria Societies for more resources.