Paul_of_Aleppo
Paul of Aleppo
Ottoman clergyman and chronicler
Paul Za'im, known sometime also as Paul of Aleppo (Paul, Archdeacon of Aleppo) (1627–1669) was an Ottoman Syrian Orthodox clergyman and chronicler. Son of Patriarch Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Paul accompanied his father in his travels throughout Constantinople, Wallachia, Moldavia, Ukraine (as Cossack Country) and Russia (as Muscovy), as an attempt to raise funds and support for their Church (from 1652 to 1659, and from 1666 to 1669).