جعفر الخياط : سيرته الاجتماعية و نشاطه الفكري و الإداري في العراق

الملخص EN

Brn in Baghdad, Ja' far al-Khayyat is one of the most prominent and knowl- edgeable translators in Iraq.

He grew up in a family that was keen to teach her children.

His family had a great role in his intellectual formation and personality, which was full of adminiQrative, scientific and cultural achievements.

A1-Khayyat was not only a translator of sources on Iraq history, but he also was a writer, educational and administrative, as he proved a distinguished administra- tive ability during his administrative work, especially in the Ministry of Education.

Although he has worked in the fields of education since the thirties until the sixties of the laQ century, he did not leave his favorite work of translation, so he translated the reports of UNESCO experts during their existence in Iraq.

His fame came as a result of his translation of many important sources, especially those that dealt with an important historical era in the history of modern Iraq, including Four Centuries of Modern HiQory of Iraq by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, as well as his Depicts of Iraq History in the Dark Ages during the Ottoman Era, in addition to his translation of many important sources in the contemporary history of Iraq since the beginning of the British occupation in 1914 until the end of the monarchy.

He appears to have been influenced by these political events and developments, or perhaps because he was contemporary with and close to them.

He was not satisfied with that, but rather he dealt with many issues that deal with Iraqi society, whether in the field of history, education, and so on.

Although al-Khayyat died in the 1970s, he has made great intellectual and educa- tional efforts for Iraq, which Still present even after his departure.

Those interested in the history of contemporary Iraq cannot dispense with the sources that he has trans- lated.

In addition, he was honest in translating the information, and the authors ofthe original works recognize this, which made him admired by everyone.