[1] Shukrallah was later ordained as a priest by Isaac and accompanied the latter on his journey to Constantinople in 1701 to gain permission from the Ottoman government to rebuild the churches of Mardin.
[5] Consequently, the friars conspired against Shukrallah and he, alongside the monks Yuhanna, ‘Abd al-Nur of Amid, and Musa ibn Kuhayl of Sadad, was subsequently banished to the island of Arwad for four months on the orders of the governor Recep Pasha in July 1720.
[7][a] Shukrallah received the decree of investiture from the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III in the following year, dated 6 Rabi’ al-Akhir 1135 AH, addressed to the qadi (judge) of Hisn Kayfa so as to exempt the Monastery of Saint Cyriacus near Zarjal from fees and tithes.
[12] The church, sanctuary, and patriarchal chapel at the Monastery of Saint Ananias were renovated in 1727–1728; he also restored its vineyards and orchards of figs, almonds, pears, mulberries, and pomegranates and constructed stone hedges around them.
[16] At great expense, he financed the translation of a number of Syriac theological books into Arabic by the monk ‘Abd al-Nur, son of Ni’mat Allah of Amid, including the works of Moses bar Kepha, namely his treatises on the soul, resurrection, paradise, and angels, and also a treatise on devils by John of Dara; this was completed in 1729 and circulated amongst the clergy.
[17] A second decree of investiture was obtained, dated 24 June 1739 (24 Shawwal 1141 AH), addressed to the wali (governor) and qadi of Damascus with the purpose of protecting the Monastery of Saint Elian near Al-Qaryatayn in Syria against acts of aggression.