Talk:Sursock family
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Land sales to Zionists
Land sales by the Sursuk's to the Zionists continued until the 1920s. Books of Kenneth Stein and Arieh Avneri (etc). Especially map p57 and Table 5, p60 of Stein. Other sources: "From new Zion to old Zion: American Jewish immigration and settlement in ...", By Joseph B. Glass; "A History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" By Mark A. Tessler (Google books), "The Palestine diary, Volume 1" By Robert John, Sami Hadawi, "The roots of separatism in Palestine: British economic policy, 1920-1929" By Barbara Jean Smith; "Les Palestiniens, un siècle d'histoire: le drame inachevé" By Nadine Picaudou; "The JNF" by Lehn (p35-36)' Shaw Commission report; "State and economics in the Middle East: a society in transition" By Alfred Bonné; "Palestine in the late Ottoman period: political, social, and economic ..." By David Kushner; "Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914" By Gershon Shafir; Shilony (Sorsuk); Hillel Cohen; Zerotalk 11:09, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Origins
Sursock family is originally from Constantinople, not Lebanon ! This is what the family itself claims on its official website:
https://sursockhouse.com/early-history/
The Barbara origin was added by an ip user simply claiming it’s wrong info without backing his claim up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1044100730 Whatsupkarren (talk) 09:26, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
- I can't access the second link. What the family itself claims can't be used in that way because it wouldn't comply with our WP:RS requirement. This source says they originated in Mersin. My guess is it's shrouded in myth now (including family myth). DeCausa (talk) 09:39, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
DeCausa The source I cited describes their story, check page number 3, and I will quote a part of it for you:
"According to the oldest documents possessed by historians, the active presence of the Sursuqs is first indicated as being in Mersin, a port in southern Anatolia, other reports in the Lebanese press over the last twenty years and based on a note on the margins of a medieval chronicle, identify their origins in 13th century Constantinople, according to the version now confirmed by the family, the Sursuqs fled from the capital of the Byzantine empire after its conquest by the Ottoman troops of Mehmet II in 1453. Their presence in Mersin is nevertheless documented from the second half of the 16th century, the Surqus subsequently moved from the Anatolian coast to the district of Gubayl (Byblos)"
I think we should mention what the family claims, for example, we can type: according to some sources including the official website of the Sursuq family: the family fled from Constantinople, while other sources claim the family traces its origins to Mersin on the Anatolian Coast Whatsupkarren (talk) 10:30, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
- I have the source now: it's Trombetta, Lorenzo (2009). "The Private Archive of the Sursuqs, A Beirut Family of Christian Notables: An Early Investigation". Rivista deli study orientali. 82 (Fasc. 1/4): 197–228.. There's several pages on their history. I'll read it. DeCausa (talk) 15:18, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
I've removed the false Barbara origin and added the Constantinopolitan origin, let me know if you disagree, thanks Whatsupkarren (talk) 09:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
So-called Dukes of Cassano
It seems there have not been legitimate Dukes of Cassano for centuries. It seems that the claims made in this article are for members of a family who have not been dukes of anything since their great-great-great-great-great-grandfather (or whatever). TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 07:02, 25 May 2026 (UTC)