He was born in Barṭelle in 1895, ordained deacon by Athanasios Tumo Qaṣīr in 1928 and then a priest for Sanjār by Ignatius Eliya III Shakir . He later served as a priest in his village. He established a school and renovated the Syriac mss. of the Mart Shmuni Church. He served as an abbot of Dayro d-Mor Matay twice. He wrote on the wars of Ṭahmasab the Persian. He composed eight poems which were later published by Isḥaq Saka (Mosul, 1962).