Ṭahṭāwī, Rifā{ʽ}ah Rāfi{ʽ} al-
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born 1801, Ṭahṭā, Egypt
died 1873, Egypt
Egyptian teacher and scholar.
Beginning in 1826, he spent five years in Paris as a religious teacher for a group of Egyptian students and later was appointed head of a state language school (1836) and a translation bureau (1841) in Cairo. In these capacities he played a central role in bringing Western science and methods to Egypt. Under the anti-Western administration of khedive ʽAbbās I (1848–54), he was sent to teach school in Khartoum,
Sudan, but later returned to resume his work in translation and education.
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