Benjamin Arsanis | |
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| ܒܢܝܐܡܝܢ ܐܪܣܐܢܝܣ | |
 Portrait photograph (1940s/50s) | |
| Born | 1884 Digala, Urmia, Qajar Iran |
| Died | 1957 (aged 72–73) |
| Political party | Assyrian Socialist Party |
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Benjamin Arsanis[1][a] (Syriac: ܒܢܝܐܡܝܢ ܐܪܣܐܢܝܣ; 1884–1957) was an Assyrian politician, writer, teacher and historian.[4] Arsanis was, together with Freydun Atturaya and Baba Parhad, one of the co-founders of the Assyrian Socialist Party, and he served as the head of the party's central committee. Arsanis was also a prominent member, and in cases founder, of other Assyrian organizations, such as the Society of Assyrian Literary Culture which in the 1910s sought to increase enthusiasm for the Assyrian language and culture.
Arsanis published several important works on language and history, and is widely recognized as a patriot for the Assyrian people.
- ^ Becker 2015, p. 333.
- ^ Donabed 2015, Chapter 2.
- ^ afa.
- ^ a b Kapeliuk 2006, p. 382.
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