Hasan bar Bahlul

Mār

al-Ḥasan Bar Bahlul al-Awāni al-Ṭirhāni
ܚܣܢ ܒܪ ܒܗܠܘܠ
ChurchChurch of the East
SeeSeleucia-Ctesiphon
Personal details
Born10th century
Awāna near Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iraq)
ProfessionBishop, scholar, lexicographer, historian

Hasan bar Bahlul (Syriac: ܚܣܢ ܒܪ ܒܗܠܘܠ), also called al-Ḥasan ibn Bahlul al-Awāni al-Ṭirhāni (Arabic: الحسن بن بهلول الاواني الطيرهاني) was a 10th-century Church of the East bishop, scholar and lexicographer from near Baghdad. Among his many works, he is best known for his Lexicon, a comprehensive Syriac reference work of technical, theological, and scientific terms that was widely circulated, edited, and translated.

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