Jawad Ali
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Jawad Ali جواد علي | |
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Born | 1907 |
Died | 1987 (aged 79–80) Baghdad, Iraq |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Education | Hamburg University |
Occupation | historian, academic, writer |
Years active | 1931–1987 |
Jawad Ali (1907–1987) was an Iraqi historian and academic specializing in Islamic and Arabic history.[1] He received his doctorate from Hamburg University in 1939 and is known for his book, The history of the Arabs before Islam[2] which became one of most referenced works on the history of Arabs before Islam. Jawad Ali worked in the Department of History at the Faculty of Education at the University of Baghdad beginning in the 1950s.
References[]
- ^ Corm, Georges (2020). Arab Political Thought: Past and Present. C. Hurst & Co. p. 276. ISBN 9781787383678.
- ^ Jamme, Albert (1954). "Ta'rikh al 'arabi qabl al-islam [History of the Arabs before Islam], by Jawad 'Ali, Vol. 3: The political section". Middle East Journal. 8: 213 ff. ProQuest 1821138.
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1987 deaths
- Academics from Baghdad
- Iraqi historians
- Iraqi academics
- University of Hamburg alumni
- University of Baghdad faculty
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- 20th-century historians
- Iraqi writer stubs