al-'Assal
Al-'Assal is a Coptic family who produced many scholars and scientists in Cairo during the Ayyubid dynasty in the early 13th century .
Family size
The family includes the following scholarly members:
- Abu'l-Fadl ibn Abi Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Abi Sahl Girgis ibn Abi al-Yusr Yuhanna ibn al-'Assal,
his two sons:
- al-Safi Abu'l-Fada-'il ibn al-'Assal and
- As'ad Abu'l Farag Hibat-Allah ibn al-'Assal
as well as his two stepbrothers:
- al-Mu'taman Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn al-'Assal and
- Amgad Abu'l-Maid ibn al-'Assal.
The four provided significant contributions to theology and Bible studies , prepared the Coptic - Arabic grammar before and dictionaries and wrote many homiletic writings (writings on practical theology).
See also
literature
- Georg Graf: The Coptic family of scholars of the Aulâd al-'Assâl and their literature. In: Orientalia. Neue Serie Volume 1, 1932, pp. 34–56, 129–148, 193–204.
- Wadi Abullif: Bibliografia commentata sugli Aulâd al-'Assâl, tre fratelli scrittori copti sel sec. XIII. In: Studia Orientalia Christiana Collectanea. Volume 18, 1985, pp. 31-80.