Muhammad Kurd Ali
Places of work recorded in the authority are Damascus. Positions recorded include President of the Arab Academy of Damascus. Works named in the authority record are khiṭaṭ al-shām, al-Muqtabas, Majallah Majma' Al-Lughah Al-Arabiyyah Bi Dimashq, Rasāʼil al-bulaghāʼ, Ġarāʾib al-Ġarb: kitāb iǧtimāʿī, tārīḵī, iqtiṣādī, adabī and al-Qadīm wa-al-ḥadīṯ.
Muhammad Kurd Ali
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- Born
- 1876 · Damascus.
- Died
- 1953 · Damascus.
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire · Arab Kingdom of Syria · State of Damascus
- Occupation
- linguist · historian · writer · literary critic · scientist · journal editor · journalist
- Teachers
- Tahir al-Jazairi · al-Shaykh Salīm al-Bukhārī
- Known for
- khiṭaṭ al-shām · al-Muqtabas · Majallah Majma' Al-Lughah Al-Arabiyyah Bi Dimashq · Rasāʼil al-bulaghāʼ · Ġarāʾib al-Ġarb : kitāb iǧtimāʿī, tārīḵī, iqtiṣādī and adabī · al-Qadīm wa-al-ḥadīṯ
- Languages
- Arabic · French · Ottoman Turkish
In this article
Identity and overview
It is also recorded that muhammad Kurd Ali was born in 1876 at Damascus. The register further records that muhammad Kurd Ali died in 1953 at Damascus.
Training under Tahir al-Jazairi and al-Shaykh Salīm al-Bukhārī is recorded. The recorded working language is Arabic, French and Ottoman Turkish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Damascus. Positions recorded include President of the Arab Academy of Damascus. Works named in the authority record are khiṭaṭ al-shām, al-Muqtabas, Majallah Majma' Al-Lughah Al-Arabiyyah Bi Dimashq, Rasāʼil al-bulaghāʼ, Ġarāʾib al-Ġarb: kitāb iǧtimāʿī, tārīḵī, iqtiṣādī, adabī and al-Qadīm wa-al-ḥadīṯ.
The following is established of the heading itself.
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1876 at Damascus. It is also recorded that muhammad Kurd Ali died in 1953 at Damascus.
Syrian scholar Muhammad Kurd Ali.
Taken from the 1st volume of a book entitled Kitāb Khiṭaṭ al-Shām , first published in Damascus in 1925. Check AUB Records
Muhammad Kurd Ali's Letter to Isa Iskandar Al-Maalouf.
Muhammad Kurd Ali · Self-scanned
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Al-mustajād. By al-Tanūkhī Ed. by Muhammad Kurd 'Ali pp. 285. Damascus: Arabic Academy, 1946, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1948
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1948
- Kulturkrise und konservative Erneuerung. Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876 - 1953) und das geistige Leben in Damaskus zu Beginn des 20, Die Welt des Islams, 1992
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1992
- Muhammad Kurd Ali and the Syrian-Palestinian intelligentsia in the Ottoman campaign against Arab separatism, Syria in World War I, 2015
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2015
- The Publicist and his Newspaper in Syria in the Era of the Young Turk Revolution, between Reformist Commitment and Political Pressures: Muhammad Kurd ‘Ali and al-Muqtabas (1908–17), Edinburgh University Press, 2018
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2018
- Writing the Boundary: Kld!a! a/-Sham by Muhammad Kurd (Ali, Concept Of Territory In Islamic Thought, 2013
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2013
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3123742: Muhammad Kurd Ali
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Muhammad Kurd Ali”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Citations
References
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scholarly publication
Al-mustajād. By al-Tanūkhī Ed. by Muhammad Kurd 'Ali pp. 285. Damascus: Arabic Academy, 1946, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1948Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Kulturkrise und konservative Erneuerung. Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876 - 1953) und das geistige Leben in Damaskus zu Beginn des 20, Die Welt des Islams, 1992Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Muhammad Kurd Ali and the Syrian-Palestinian intelligentsia in the Ottoman campaign against Arab separatism, Syria in World War I, 2015Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
VerifiedInstitutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3123742: Muhammad Kurd AliWikimedia Foundation
Verifiedscholarly publication
Writing the Boundary: Kld!a! a/-Sham by Muhammad Kurd (Ali, Concept Of Territory In Islamic Thought, 2013Crossref registry
Verifiedreference work
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This entry is compiled from 7 catalogued sources across 3 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
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