Taha Husayn (English spelling)

Japanese: ターハー･フサイン（英語表記）Ṭāhā Ḥusayn

1889‐1973
A great Egyptian scholar, he was given the title of Amid al-Adab (Pillar of Literature) and was also a writer. He was born in the village of Maghagha in the Minya Governorate, Egypt, into a poor family whose father worked for a sugar company. At the age of three, he suffered from eye inflammation, which caused him to go blind. At the age of nine, he memorized the Quran and eventually entered Al-Azhar. The details of this experience are detailed in his autobiographical work, al-Ayyām (Book of the Days) (translated in Japanese). He completed his doctoral thesis, "Memoirs of Abu Allah," and went to France.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1889‐1973
エジプトの誇る碩学で，アミード･アルアダブ(文学の巨柱)の称号を与えられ，作家でもある。エジプト，ミニヤー県のマガーガ村で，父が製糖会社で働く貧しい家庭に生まれた。3歳の時眼炎にかかり，それが原因で失明。9歳にしてコーランを暗記し，やがてアズハルに入った。そのあたりの経緯は彼の自伝的作品《アイヤームal‐Ayyām(日々の書)》(邦訳あり)に詳しく語られている。〈アブー･アラーの回想〉を博士論文に仕上げ，渡仏した。

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