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حسين الجسر

حسين الجسر

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Husayn al-Jisr al-Tarabulsi (d. 1909 CE) — the Tripoli scholar whose al-Risala al-Hamidiyya defended the Islamic faith against materialism 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · writer
Era
The Modern Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

18251850187519001925195019752000 c.
The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: A. K. Fazlul Huq · Abadi Bano Begum · Abbas Hilmi II · Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad · Abd al-Hafid of Morocco

Overview

Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Jisr al-Tarabulusi (d. 1909 CE), a man of learning from Tripoli in Syria, where he was born and died. 2

His works

Al-Zirikli mentions his "Riyad Tarabulus" in ten volumes, in which he collected his articles; "Asira Muhadhdhab al-Din", which is a narrative; "Al-Kawakib al-Durriyya" in literature; and "Al-Risala al-Hamidiyya on the reality of the Islamic religion". 2

Sources

  1. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , tarjama
  2. al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “حسين الجسر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/husayn-al-jisr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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