At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Poet · Historian
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- JournalistTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Iskandar ibn Ya'qub Abkarius, a Lebanese man of letters, poet, journalist and historian, from an Armenian family that settled in Beirut. 1
He is counted among the pioneers of the Arabic literary renaissance in the second half of the nineteenth century. 1
He died in 1885 CE (1303 AH), a date that needs a second source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Iskandar Abkarius”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abkarius-iskandar-ibn-yaqub/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.