Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari

Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari was born in Medina in 1324 AH, that is in 1906 or 1907. Trained at the Prophet's Mosque, then at the school of sharia sciences of Medina, where he later taught Arabic literature, he worked in the divan of the emirate of the city. In February 1937 he founded in Medina the literary review al-Manhal. From 1940 he directed the newspaper Umm al-Qura in Mecca, then served in the cabinet of Prince Faisal. A historian of Medina and Jeddah, he died on 5 April 1983.

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• NovelالتوأمانAbd al-Quddus al-Ansari · 1930not translated into EnglishLiterature