- Rifa'a Rafi' at-
Tahtawi (Arabic: رفاعة رافع الطهطاوي, romanized: Rifāʿa Rāfiʿ aṭ-
Ṭahṭāwī; 1801–1873) was an
Egyptian writer, teacher, translator, Egyptologist...
- In 1826, Al-
Tahtawi was sent to
Paris by
Mehmet Ali. There, he
studied at an
educational mission for five years,
returning in 1831.
Tahtawi was appointed...
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distinction blurred as the
renaissance progressed.
Egyptian scholar Rifa'a al-
Tahtawi (1801–1873) is
widely seen as the
pioneering figure of the Nahda. He was...
- of the
movement include Sir
Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Namık Kemal, Rifa'a al-
Tahtawi,
Muhammad Abduh (former
Sheikh of Al-Azhar University),
Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani...
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administration in
Egypt underwent a
reorganization in 1836, and Rifāʿa Rāfiʿ aṭ-
Ṭahṭāwī was
appointed head of the
Madrasat al-Alsun in 1837. At the
Madrasat al-Alsun...
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Habib Elmasry John of Nikiû
Manetho Men****a
Youhanna Raouf Abbas Rifa'a el-
Tahtawi Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi
Abdel Latif Moubarak Abdul...
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Muhammad Saleh Thattvi (also
spelled Muhammad Salih Tatah-wi and
Muhammad Salih Tatawi) was a 17th-century
Mughal craftsman known for
making seamless celestial...
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diffusion and
consumption of
Arabic literature and publications. Rifa'a al-
Tahtawi proposed the
establishment of
Madrasat al-Alsun in 1836 and led a translation...
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scholar Rifa'a al-
Tahtawi renewed interest in
Egyptian antiquity and
exposed Egyptian society to
Enlightenment principles.
Tahtawi co-founded with education...
- al-Jabarti (d. 1825) and Rifa'a al-
Tahtawi (d. 1872)
represented these intellectual trends.
While Rifa'a al-
Tahtawi exemplified the former, 'Abd al-Rahman...
