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Nageeb Arbeely, (1861 - February 1904) was a Syrian-born naturalized-American, appointed by President Grover Cleveland to the post of Consul at Jerusalem in 1885.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.shapell.org/manuscript.aspx?grover-cleveland-appoints-jerusalem-consul-nageeb-arbeely-to-replace-antisemitic-selah-merrill )〕 Though Arbeely was popular among the American Colony, he was deemed unacceptable by the Ottoman Empire and within a year was recalled from his position in Jerusalem. == Biography == Born in Damascus, Syria, to Prof. Joseph A. Arbeely, Nageeb emigrated with his parents and siblings to the United States in 1878, the first Syrian family to seek refuge in the U.S.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/lebanon/messages/3000.html )〕 They had been persecuted in the Ottoman Empire as Christians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/11/30/the-first-syrians-in-america/ )〕 They settled in Tennessee. After completing his studies at Maryville College, Arbeely was there appointed a professor of French,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www02.us.archive.org/stream/maryvillecoll187980mary/maryvillecoll187980mary_djvu.txt )〕 and later gave illustrated lectures on the Holy Land. At the age of 24 Arbeely was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as Consul to Jerusalem. Though the American Colonists were enthusiastic about his appointment, the Ottoman Empire deemed him unacceptable as a Consul, claiming that as Arbeely had been born in Syria, then part of the Ottoman Empire, he could not also serve there as a representative of the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.shapell.org/exhibitions.aspx?american-consuls-in-jerusalem-19th-century )〕 It was rumored corruption and bribery, stemming from Selah Merrill whom Arbeely had replaced as Consul, were employed in removing Arbeely from his appointment. Arbeely was recalled within a year of his being appointed. Upon his return to the United States, Arbeely served as an interpreter in the New York City barge office, and later as an inspector in the Bureau of Immigration at the Port of New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2002/08/20020812151251pkurata@pd.state.gov0.2198755.html#axzz2Zs2Djwe4 )〕 Working with his brother, Dr. Abraham J. Arbeely, they established the first Arabic newspaper published in the United States, the Kawkab America(Star America).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9501E0DA143CE433A2575BC0A9619C94699ED7CF )〕 Arbeely later pursued a career in law and was admitted to the New York bar. He was also one of the founders of and President of the Syrian Society of New York. In 1904, Arbeely died while in his law office. He was mourned at large among the Syrian community of New York. The funeral was held in the Greek Orthodox Church of Brooklyn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nageeb Arbeely」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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