Mukhtaṣar tārīkh al-asāqifah alladhīna raqū martabat riʼāsat al-kahanūt al-jalīlah fī madīnat Bayrūt.

Mukhtaṣar tārīkh al-asāqifah alladhīna raqū martabat riʼāsat al-kahanūt al-jalīlah fī madīnat Bayrūt. This is the title of a manuscript by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ṭrād al-Bayrūtī. It was edited by introduced by Nāʼilah Qāʼidbayh and published by Dar al Nahar and the University of Balamand, June 2002.

The reason for editing this manuscript is to learn about an important period in the history of Beirut in the 18th and 19th centuries when the city was under the rule of Shahabi princes and the tyranny of the waly Ahamd al Jazzar. The manuscript also includes some unknown facts about the Orthodox denomination.
In addition to the introduction and a brief history of the bishops the book contains 5 appendices :
List of the names of the bishops of Damascus and the Orthodox Antiochian  Patriarchs.
The Orthodox community  of Beirut in the 19th century
The dispute among the Christian sects in Allepo
The killing of the Catholic Patriarch Ignatius IV Sarrouf
Pages from the manuscript.
The book also includes list of references and sources and an index of names.
Keywords:
Beirut – History – manuscript editing – Personalities.