19 Responses to "Modern Electricity? Not Edison, but Hassan Kamel Sabbah and Tesla"

At the time he did born in South of Lebanon nabatieh we were also a part of othman empire so is Syria but we also not Turkish last time I did check nor syrians plz refer to Atlas because we are on the map plus there is a big misunderstanding nowadays people think he is syrians which they do have another map


he’s the first to invent a powered television by sunlight! i would like to try this invention or the patent but i don’t find an other information about this. Do you have more informations? What is your source concerning the invention?


in arabic you wrote the syrian person hasan kamil el sabbah . he’s not syrian , he’s lebanese


Did you guys really just call a man born in Lebanon Syrian?


Almost nobody looked at the achievements and appreciated the Genius of the man the only worry was Lebanese not Syrian truly pathetic


I wonder, likewise Kamal noted above, how the Arabs do not consider the importance of Al-Sabbah’s achievements & endeavour for science AND for his country,.. They’re proud of him to be an Arab BUT at the same time debate endlessly about a fact which they consider themselves politically sad and pityful, namely being ‘Lebanese’ or ‘Syrian’ .. 😕
The man did enough to be set as a model for youth & ambitious science fans.. How could one not make research about his works and enlighten the people about the political ramifications of his tragic death,.. These are two faces of the same coin which increased in value nowadays much more than bitcoin does. Because it will determine the fate of the Arabs in far future. 😶😶


Is there any way to find more about his family tree? I have searched everywhere. I’m from the sabbah family and I’m looking to see if I could perhaps be related to him. Especially his many patents. One lead in Lebanon is the Shia sect archive for his civil status in Nabatieh, then the AUB archives, and the university he attended in the USA, then Congress library…

January 12, 2015 at 3:59 pm
He is not a syrian. He is Lebanese from Nabatiyyeh !
January 12, 2015 at 5:31 pm
I know. At the time he immigrated to the USA we were all called Syrians. I’ll double check my post to correct what I have missed. Thank you