Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti

Al-Jabarti
الجبرتي
Calligraphy of Shaykh al-Islam al-Jabarti
TitleBurhan al-Din
Personal
Born1753,
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
Died1825,
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
ReligionIslam
Parent
Eralate 18th century – 19th century
RegionHorn of Africa/North Africa
JurisprudenceShafi'i
Main interest(s)Islamic philosophy, Islamic Jurisprudence, Egyptian history
Alma materAl-Azhar University
Muslim leader
Disciples

Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan al-Jabarti (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن حسن الجبرتي, romanizedʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥasan al-Jabartī; 1753–1825) was an Egyptian-Somali Islamic scholar and historian who spent most of his life in Cairo.[2][3]

  1. ^ De Bellaigue, Christopher (2017). "1: Cairo". The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason 1798 to Modern Times. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-0-87140-373-5.
  2. ^ Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1923). My diaries; Being a Personal Narrative of Events. p. 81.
  3. ^ Beattie, Andrew (2005). Cairo: A Cultural and Literary History. Signal Books. p. 144. ISBN 9781902669779.