Abulfaragius, Or Abulfaraj, Mar Gregorins, surnamed, on account of his Jewish descent, Bar-Hebrseus, a Syriac and Arabic writer, born in 1226, died in 1286. He was a native of Armenia, and the son of a converted Jew. By his knowledge and virtues he rose to the dignity of bishop of Aleppo, and in 1266 to that of primate of the Jacobite Christians. His best known work is the " History of the Dynasties," treating of the different kingdoms of the world, Jewish, Chaldean, Persian, Greek, Pioman, Mohammedan, and Mongol. An edition in Arabic and Latin was published by Edward Pococke at Oxford, 1663, and one in Syriac and Latin at Leipsic, 1789.