Benjamin Arsanis

Benjamin Arsanis (Syriac: ܒܢܝܐܡܝܢ ܐܪܣܐܢܝܣ; 1884–1957) was an Assyrian politician, writer, teacher and historian. Arsanis was, together with Freydun Atturaya and Baba Parhad, one of the co-founders of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party, and he served as the head of the party's central committee. Arsanis was also a prominent member, and in cases founder, of other Assyrian organizations, such as the Society of Assyrian Literary Culture which in the 1910s sought to increase enthusiasm for the Assyrian language and culture. Remembered by modern Assyrians as a respected patriot, writer and orator, Arsanis published several important works on language and history.