hiː wʌz dˈiːn ʌv ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹɪŋ ænd lˈeɪɾɚ pɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌvðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ɐlˈɛpoʊ wˌɛɹ hiː fˈaʊndᵻd ðɪ ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt fɚðə hˈɪstɚɹi ʌv ˈæɹɐbˌɪk sˈaɪəns ˈaɪhəz ænd wʌz ɪts fˈɜːst dᵻɹˈɛktɚ.
He was Dean of Engineering and later President of the University of Aleppo where he founded the Institute for the History of Arabic Science (IHAS) and was its first director.