10 Facts About Ahmad Amin

Ahmad Amin, was an Egyptian historian and writer.

Ahmad Amin wrote a series of books on the history of the Islamic civilization, a famous autobiography, as well as an important dictionary of Egyptian folklore.

Ahmad Amin then taught Arabic literature at Cairo University, where he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts, until 1946.

Ahmad Amin was one of the most brilliant intellectuals of his time: he was editor of the literary journals Al Risalah and Al Thaqafa, founder of Ladjnat al-ta'lif wa l-tardjama wa-l-nashr.

Ahmad Amin contributed to another magazine entitled Al Hilal from 1933 to his death in 1954.

Ahmad Amin worked as head of the culture department at the Egyptian Ministry of Education before leading the cultural division of the Arab League.

Ahmad Amin is most famous for his long history of Islamic culture, in three volumes which is the first attempt of its kind in the modern history of the Muslim world.

Ahmad Amin left an autobiography while his main articles were published under the title Fayd al-khatir.

Ahmad Amin lectured on Egyptian literary history between the years of 1939 and 1946.

Ahmad Amin agreed to write the introduction while Daif wrote the preface, while fellow scholar Ihsan Abbas assisted the team with editing the folios for printing from 1951 until 1952.