The Sursock family (also spelled Sursuq) is a Greek Orthodox Christian family from Lebanon, and used to be one of the most important families of Beirut. Having originated in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire,[1] the family has lived in Beirut since 1712, when their forefather Jabbour Aoun (who later adopted the family name Sursock) left the village of Berbara. After the turn of the 19th century, they began to establish significant positions of power within the Ottoman Empire. The family, through lucrative business ventures, savvy political maneuvering, and strategic marriages, embarked on what Leila Fawaz called "the most spectacular social climb of the nineteenth century," and, at their peak, had built a close network of relations to the families of Egyptian, French, Irish, Russian, Italian and German aristocracies, alongside a manufacturing and distribution empire spanning the Mediterranean.[2][3][4]
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countries. Sursock Museum was built by the illustrious Sursockfamily at the end of the 19th century as a private villa for Nicolas Sursock, and then donated...
which ran along the entire length of the valley. In the 1870s, the Sursockfamily of Beirut (present-day Lebanon) purchased the land from the Ottoman...
valley to the Lebanese Sursockfamily. In 1925, the same area was acquired by the American Zionist Commonwealth as part of the Sursock Purchase. The majority...
role in the economy, with the rise in prominence of groups such as the Sursockfamily indicative of this. In 1911, of the 654 wholesale companies in Istanbul...
warehouse on Facebook at the time. Lady Cochrane Sursock, philanthropist and member of the Sursockfamily, died on 31 August from injuries sustained from...
held by both British and French creditors by enlisting the help of the Sursockfamily, whose deep connections proved invaluable in securing much international...
former hotel in Sofar, Lebanon. The hotel was built in 1892 by the Sursockfamily. The Arab League held their first meeting there. The hotel was seriously...
community as part of the Sursock Purchase, in which a large tract of land on the Haifa Bay was purchased from the Sursockfamily of Beirut by the American...
acquired by the Jewish community as part of the Sursock Purchase. The land was purchased from the Sursockfamily, which had bought it from the Ottoman government...
governments. In the economic sphere, a number of Christian families like the Greek Orthodox Sursockfamily became prominent. Thus, the Nahda led the Muslims and...
Palestine in an acquisition of 31,500 dunums of land near Tiberias from the Sursockfamily. This will go on to become one of the largest land purchases for the...
governments. In the economic sphere, a number of Christian families like the Greek Orthodox Sursockfamily became prominent. Thus, the Nahda led the Muslims and...
for Mevo Dotan and Afula. Afula was a Palestinian town sold by the Sursockfamily to the American Zion Commonwealth in the 1920s; the Hebrew name follows...
Heroes, Silver Surfer). Yvonne, Lady Cochrane, 98, Lebanese aristocrat (Sursockfamily), philanthropist and advocate of the arts, injuries sustained in the...
headed by the aristocratic Sursockfamily attained a permit for the construction of a railway in the Jezreel Valley. The family sought to build a railway...
Sundaram – Executive Director of Girls Not Brides NGO Members of the Sursockfamily Galyani Vadhana – Princess of Thailand and the elder sister of King...
as part of the Sursock Purchase. In 1925 a Zionist organisation purchased 10,000 dunums from Alexander Sursock, of the Sursockfamily of Beirut. At the...
were purchased from the Sursockfamily, a major absentee landowner of Lebanese origin. The inhabitants, approximately 40 families, were tenants and became...
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