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Shaykh Ṭāhir wrote many books over thirty-five in number on various subjects. These include ʿAqīdah, ʿUlūm al-Qur’ān, Tajwīd, the science of Ḥadīth, Sīrah, Uṣūl, Arabic rhetoric, Arabic literature, the philosophy of natural mathematics, history and an introduction to many
Islamic manuscripts. His
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who would be a significant figure for the Salafi movement in Egypt. Soon after his return he was elected as a member of the Arabic
Academy in Damascus and the Director of the Ẓāhirīyyah Library. He passed away four months later in 1920 and was buried on the Qāsiyūn Mountain in Damascus, Syria.
331:. In Cairo, he supported himself as a book merchant, dealing in valuable manuscripts. He remained in Cairo for about thirteen years and in 1920 he became seriously ill, and he returned to Damascus. One of his pupils during this period was
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In 1902, he was dismissed from his position as inspector of libraries. Under continued pressure from
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179:; 1852–1920) was a 19th century Syrian Muslim scholar and educational reformer and a great scholar of Tafsīr, Ḥadīth, Fiqh, Uṣūl, history and the Arabic language.
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Tahir al-Jazairi was interested in Arabic and in Arabic literature, particularly old manuscripts. His mastery of
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At the age of 22, he started teaching at al-Madrasa al-Zahiriyeh in
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Joseph H. Escovitz noted, writing in 1986, that there had been no study of him in
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Tahir studied with his father until the latter's death around 1868, after which he studied under
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describes this as one of the most extensive works on the subject.
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Al-Ilmām bi Uṣūl Sīrat al-Nabī ʿAlayhi ‘l-Ṣalāt wa ‘l-Salām
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Al-Tibyān li-Baʿḍ al-Mabāḥith al-Mutaʿalliqah bi ‘l-Qur’ān
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al-Jawahir al-Kalamiyyah fi Idah al-Aqidah al-Islamiyyah
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