Template:Did you know nominations/Sulayman ibn Sa'd al-Khushani


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:35, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Sulayman ibn Sa'd al-Khushani

 * ... that Sulayman ibn Sa'd al-Khushani proposed and carried out the Arabization of Syria's Greek-language tax administration during the reign of Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik? Source: He [Sulayman] knew Greek well, for the proposition he makes to 'Abdalmalik to rid him of Sarjun is that he will turn the tax-bureau's books and records into Arabic ... He completed the job in less than a year. M. Sprengling, 1939, p. 213, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures. The University of Chicago Press. 56 (2)
 * ALT1: that Caliph Abd al-Malik's scribe Sulayman ibn Sa'd al-Khushani changed the language of Syria's bureaucracy from Greek to Arabic?
 * Reviewed: Occupation of Ma'an

Created by Al Ameer son (talk). Self-nominated at 15:33, 23 May 2019 (UTC).




 * The lead is just a summary of what’s in the article body, not sure if citations here would be necessary. I reworded the hook in ALT1. Let me know if it works. —Al Ameer (talk) 01:32, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * That hook is perfect! You're right about citations. I had to double check, but if all of the claims in the lead are restated it becomes personal preference. With ALT1, I would say that this is 16px All set. once you review do that review woops. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 04:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC) 04:21, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your patience and review. The QPQ is now done. --Al Ameer (talk) 15:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * @: no thank you for the wonderful article! Very interesting to read to say the least. I'm Melkite Greek Catholic, but that means my great-grandparents from Aleppo spoke Arabic (and not Greek). I was, thus, very intrigued by this topic! Symbol voting keep.svg ALT1 is all set, and I am assuming good faith for the offline sources. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 15:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Glad you enjoyed the article, ;) My father's family has some roots in Aleppo as well (seven generations back, or so they say). You might also be interested in reading about Sulayman's predecessor Sarjun ibn Mansur—let's hope its author  nominates it here as well ;) --Al Ameer (talk) 15:40, 2 June 2019 (UTC)