Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Philosophy, Education
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Teaching, Teachers, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Nationalism
- Curriculum: Asian History, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Afghānī was the Pan-Islamist politician and teacher whose intense hatred of, and opposition to, British colonial policies focused the energies of Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and Indian Muslim intellectuals on the plight of the masses. His untiring quest for Muslim solidarity influenced Egypt’s nationalist movement and Iran’s constitutional and Islamic revolutions.
Early Life
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī as-Sayyid Muhammad Ibn-i Safdar al-Husain was born into a family of sayyids in the village of Asadābād, near Hamadan, Iran....
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