Umar Rida Kahhalah ( ar, عمر رضا كحالة (1905 - 1987)) was a

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, scholar, and writer from Damascus, Syria. He published many important works on

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, as well as indices of biographies of

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and intellectuals.

Published works

* - () 4 volumes, bibliographic- biographical dictionary; "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