About the book
This book establishes itself as an important documentation of the history of scholarship in Makkah. It comprehensively lists the details of scholars who were present in Makkah during the fourteenth Hijrī century and presents biographies of several of them. These include citizens, visitors, those living nearby and those visiting for the Ḥajj as well as students. The author also included the biographies of a number of notables whom he did not meet but who left a lasting legacy.
The study is truly comprehensive in its descriptive nature of the academic level and production of scholarly works, and is written by a scholar and lifelong dweller of the city itself.
The book can be considered a reference for those researching the history of Makkah, in its cultural, academic and jurisprudential fields.
Editions of Al-Jawahir Al-Hisan: Annotated Autobiography of Scholars in Makkah
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9789960961842
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This book establishes itself as an important documentation of the history of scholarship in Makkah. It comprehensively lists the details of scholars who were present in Makkah during the fourteenth Hijrī century and presents biographies of several of them. These include citizens, visitors, those living nearby and those visiting for the Ḥajj as well as students. The author also included the biographies of a number of notables whom he did not meet but who left a lasting legacy.
The study is truly comprehensive in its descriptive nature of the academic level and production of scholarly works, and is written by a scholar and lifelong dweller of the city itself.
The book can be considered a reference for those researching the history of Makkah, in its cultural, academic and jurisprudential fields.
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What is Al-Jawahir Al-Hisan: Annotated Autobiography of Scholars in Makkah about?
This book establishes itself as an important documentation of the history of scholarship in Makkah. It comprehensively lists the details of scholars who were present in Makkah during the fourteenth Hijrī century and presents biographies of several of them. These include citizens, visitors, those living nearby and those visiting for the Ḥajj as well as students. The author also included the biographies of a number of notables whom he did not meet but who left a lasting legacy.
The study is truly comprehensive in its descriptive nature of the academic level and production of scholarly works, and is written by a scholar and lifelong dweller of the city itself.
The book can be considered a reference for those researching the history of Makkah, in its cultural, academic and jurisprudential fields.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Al-Jawahir Al-Hisan: Annotated Autobiography of Scholars in Makkah?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Social groups: religious groups and communities
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Al-Jawahir Al-Hisan: Annotated Autobiography of Scholars in Makkah?
Abdul Wahhab Ibrahim Abu Solayman,Muhammad Ibrahim Ahmad Ali
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Al-Jawahir Al-Hisan: Annotated Autobiography of Scholars in Makkah is available as hardcover(ISBN 9789960961842)