Christian families

American industrial, political and banking family

frame|Ibn Bakhtishu's ''Manafi' al-Hayawan'' (منافع الحيوان ), dated 12th century. Captions appear in Persian language. The Bukhtīshūʿ (or Boḵtīšūʿ) were a family of either Persian or Syrian Eastern Christian physicians from the seventh, eighth, and ninth centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years. The Middle Persian-Syriac name which can be found as early as at the beginning of the 5th century refers to the eponymous ancestor of this "Syro-Persian Nestorian family". Some members of the family served as the personal physicians of Caliphs. Jurjis son of Bukht-Yishu was awarded 10,000 din

Maalouf (alternative spellings: Maloof, Malouf, Malouff, Maluf, Malluf; Arabic: معلوف المعلوف) is a Middle Eastern Christian surname.