PANTELEYMON KRESTOVICH ZHUZE

(1870-1942)

Orientalist

Bandali ibn Saliba Al-Jauzi (known in Russia as Panteleymon Krestovich Zhuze), a Palestinian Christan, was born on 20 July 1870 in the city of Jerusalem. After graduating from a religious seminary of the Palestinian Society in Nazareth, he was dispatched to Russia to continue his education at Kazan Religious Academy. In 1899, he published a book about Mutazilites.

He achieved a degree in religion. He authored a Russian language textbook for Arabs (1898) and a two-volume Russian-Arabic dictionary (1903). He taught Arabic and French at Kazan Religious Academy.  In 1916, he embarked on a teaching activity at Kazan University. In 1920, Panteleymon Zhuze was offered a professor`s post at Baku University. In 1921, he obtained a ScD degree. In 1922, he was appointed dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and chair of the Department of History and Ethnography of Middle East Nations. From 1926 to 1937, he worked as a professor of Arabic language.

He then was employed at the Institute of History, Academy of Sciences. Panteleymon Zhuze published and translated a number of articles on the history of Azerbaijan.

This included essays about the Khurramites (“Papak and Papakism”,1921),  “Kitab al-Buldan (“The book about countries”) by Abulabbas Ahmad al-Yagubi (?-897), “Kitab futuh al-buldan” (“The book about countries` conquests”) by Ahmad al-Blazuri (?-892), “al-Kamil fi-t-tarix” (“Perfect book on history”) by Izzaddin Abulhasan ibn al-Asir (1160-1234) and “Mujam al-buldan” (“Dictionary of countries”) by Yagut al-Hamavi. But only a few of translations were published, while the rest were given to ANAS Institute of History as manuscripts.