Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari

أحمد عبد الستار الجواري

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An Iraqi scholar born in Karkh, Baghdad, who held a doctorate and was a leading researcher of the Arabic heritage.

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Roles
Scholar · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Contemporary Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari · Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda · Abd al-Rahman Badawi · Abd Allah ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari · Abdul Hameed Khan Swati

LinguisticsHistory-writing and social thought

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Overview

Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari, an Iraqi scholar born in al-Karkh in Baghdad, who obtained a doctorate. He was among the leading scholars of the Arab heritage. 1

The museum's data give his birth as 1341 AH (1922 CE) and his death as 1408 AH (1988 CE), from this source alone, so they need an additional source. 1

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Sources

  1. 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. “Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-abd-al-sattar-al-jawari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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