Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Roles: Politician · writer
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Colonial Era
Region: Maghreb
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Life in time

The Colonial Era · The Gunpowder Empires · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Yusuf al-Asir · Abd al-Hadi Naja al-Abyari · Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar · Abd al-Ghaffar al-Akhras · Muhammad ibn Mustafa Bayram

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Place in the story

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar· 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

Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO

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islam.museum contributors. “Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khayr-al-din-al-tunisi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

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Abd al-Rahman Badawi

An Egyptian professor of philosophy and one of the most important historians of Arab philosophy. He helped establish philosophical study in the Arab world.