Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar

عبد الرزاق البيطار

1837 CE · 1253 AH – 1916 CE · 1335 AH

A scholar, historian, reformer and man of letters from the well-known Bitar family of Damascus.

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Roles
Scholar · Historian
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Colonial Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Colonial Era · The Gunpowder Empires · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Iskandar al-Barudi · Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi · Yusuf al-Asir · Abd al-Hadi Naja al-Abyari · Muhammad ibn Mustafa Bayram

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni· Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn al-Khawja· Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi· Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali· Al-Baji, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Saghir· Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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An Egyptian professor of philosophy and one of the most important historians of Arab philosophy. He helped establish philosophical study in the Arab world.