Hassan Ali Hallak (Arabic: حسّان علي حَلاّق, romanized: Ḥassān ʻAlī ḥalāāq; 1946 – 15 May 2023) was a Lebanese historian, academic, and writer, known mostly for his work on the origins of the Beiruti families, and Beirut's history during the Ottoman era.
Several of these documents helped in rewriting certain aspects of Beiruti and Lebanese history during the Ottoman era.
He was also a candidate to receive the King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies in 1995 CE (1415 AH).
[5] Hallak wrote more than 60 books about Islamic, Arab, Ottoman, Lebanese, and Beiruti histories, many of which were translated into English, French, German, and Turkish.
[1] His most notable works are the large multi-volume Encyclopedia of the Beiruti families (Arabic: موسوعة العائلات البيروتية), The Attitude of the Ottoman Empire towards the Zionist Movement 1897-1909 (Arabic: موقف الدولة العثمانية من الحركة الصهيونية 1897 - 1909), Role of the Jews and International Powers in dethroning Sultan Abdulhamid II 1908-1909 (Arabic: دور اليهود والقوى الدولية في خلع السلطان عبد الحميد الثاني عن العرش 1908-1909), and Memoirs of Selim Ali Salam (Arabic: مذكرات سليم علي سلام).