Mikhail Mishaqa

Mikhail Mishaqa
Mikhail Mishaqa was appointed the first United States Vice Consul for Damascus, 1859
BornMarch 20, 1800
Rechmaya, Emirate of Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Syria
DiedJuly 19, 1888
Beirut, Beirut vilayet, Ottoman Syria
Known forDiplomat, physician, historian, musical theorist, businessman, first vice-consul of USA in Damascus in 1859-1870

Mikhail Mishaqa or Michael Meshaka (March 20, 1800 – July 19, 1888; Arabic: ميخائيل مشاقة), also known as Doctor Mishaqa, was born in Rashmayyā, Lebanon, and is reputed to be "the first historian of modern Ottoman Syria" as well as the "virtual founder of the twenty-four equal quarter tone scale". Mishaqa's memoir of the 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war is valuable to historians, as it is the only account written by a survivor of the massacre of Syrian Christians in Damascus, Syria. In 1859 he was appointed vice-consul of the United States in Damascus.

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