Jurji Zaydan

Jurji Zaydan was an Ottoman writer, poet, journalist, teacher, novelist and journal editor (1861–1914). He was born at Beirut and died at Cairo.

Also recorded as Georgy Zeidan; Yuryi Zaydan.

Overview

Born at Beirut in 1861, died at Cairo in 1914.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Georgy Zeidan and Yuryi Zaydan. His recorded language was Arabic. His recorded confession was Eastern Orthodoxy.

One child is recorded: Imīl Zaydān.

Catalogued works

13 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Mashahir al-Sharq fi al-Qarn al-Tasi' 'Ashar. Tarajim Mashahir al-Sharq fi al-Qarn al-Tasi' 'Ashar. Riḥlat Jurjī Zaydān ilá Ūrūbbā (1923). Tarajim Mashahir al-Sharq fi al-Qarn al-Tasi' 'Ashar (Dar Maktabat al-Hayah, Vol. II). Arabic words and linguistic philosophy. Tārīkh al-tamaddun al-Īslāmī. Miṣr al-ʿUṯmānīya (al-Hilāl, 1994). Fath Al-Andalus ( Arabic Edition ). Shajarat Al-Durr ( Arabic Edition ). ʻUlum-e ʻArab. Tree Of Pearls Queen Of Egypt. History of Islamic Civilization. Umayadds and Abbasids.

Literature

10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

9 Jurji Zaydan and the Arab Historical Novel, The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction, 1997. The life and literary legacy of Jurji Zaydan, Eastern Studies, 2025. eleven Harems, Women, and Political Tyranny in the Works of Jurji Zaydan, Harem Histories, 2020. Harems, Women, and Political Tyranny in the Works of Jurji Zaydan, Harem Histories, 2010. Jurji Zaydan: Avatar of the Modern Revitalization and Worlding of Arabic Literature, A Companion to World Literature, 2019. Imagining Islamic History in Jurji Zaydan's "TheSeventeenth of Ramadan", دواة, 2025. Race and Racism in Historical Fiction: The Case of Jurji Zaydan’s Novels, Humanities, 2021. The Abbasid “Golden Age”: An Excavation, Al-'Usur al-Wusta, 2017. النـص المـوازي فـي روايـة الحجاج بن يوسـف لجورجـي زيـدان دراسـة تحليليـة فـي مـرآة المنهـج السيميائـي Parallel Text In The Novel Al-Hajjaj Bin Yusuf By Jurji Zaydan An Analytical Study In The Mirror Of The Semiotic Approach, Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut, 2024. Interference between the Oral and the Written in the Historical Novel “The Secret History of Numan Abd al-Hafiz”, Şarkiyat Mecmuası, 2024.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Jurji Zaydan studied at American University of Beirut. the recorded working language is Arabic.

The field of work recorded is history, literature and journalism.

Chronology

  1. 1861Jurji Zaydan born at Beirut.
  2. 1914Jurji Zaydan died at Cairo.

Sources

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  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    9 Jurji Zaydan and the Arab Historical Novel, The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction, 1997

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  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    eleven Harems, Women, and Political Tyranny in the Works of Jurji Zaydan, Harem Histories, 2020

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  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Harems, Women, and Political Tyranny in the Works of Jurji Zaydan, Harem Histories, 2010

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  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Jurji Zaydan: Avatar of the Modern Revitalization and Worlding of Arabic Literature, A Companion to World Literature, 2019

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  • Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

    Open Library author record for Jurji Zaydan (Internet Archive), 6 catalogued works.

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  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    The life and literary legacy of Jurji Zaydan, Eastern Studies, 2025

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  • open access index · Unverified

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 5 articles naming Jurji Zaydan.

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1262212: Jurji Zaydan

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Jurji Zaydan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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