Umar Rida Kahhalah ( (1905 - 1987)) was a

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, scholar, and writer from

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. He published many important works on Arabic history, as well as indices of biographies of

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and intellectuals.

Published works

* - () 4 volumes, bibliographic-

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; "indispensable reference work for

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scholars and librarians." *

Bibliography

*;On ʻUmar Riḍā Kaḥḥālah's Muʻjam al-muʼallifīn.

External links

Umar Kahhala
(arabic) 1905 births 1987 deaths Arabists Bibliographers Encyclopedists Writers from Damascus Syrian biographers Syrian lexicographers 20th-century Syrian historians 20th-century Syrian writers 20th-century lexicographers {{Syria-historian-stub