Nabia Abbott | |
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 Nabia Abbott at the Oriental Institute | |
| Born | Nabia Abbott 31 January 1897 Mardin, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 October 1981 (aged 84) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Isabella Thoburn College Boston University (M.A.) University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Kurrah Papyri of the Oriental Institute (1936) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Sprengling |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Islamic Studies |
| Sub-discipline | Papyrology Philology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Oriental Institute |
| Notable works | Aisha, the Beloved of Mohammed (1942) Two Queens of Baghdad (1946) |
Nabia Abbott (31 January 1897 – 15 October 1981) was an American scholar of Islam, papyrologist and paleographer. She was the first woman professor at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. She gained worldwide recognition for her researches into the emergence of the Arabic script and the oldest written documents of Islam. She was also a pioneer in the study of early Muslim women. Especially noteworthy was her biography of Aisha, one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1]
- ^ Mahdi, Muhsin (1990). "Orientalism and the Study of Islamic Philosophy". Journal of Islamic Studies. 1: 73–98. doi:10.1093/jis/1.1.73. JSTOR 26195668.