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Ali Fehmi Džabić al-Mostari

علي فهمي جابيتش الموستاري

Notable figure 1853–1918 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «ALİ FEHMİ CÂBİÇ» (1853–1918; born in Mostar; died 12 August 1918; Ḥüsnü’ṣ-ṣaḥâbe fî şerḥi eşʿâri’ṣ-ṣaḥâbe, an Arabic work) · Second source: Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli, al-Aʿlam, vol. 4, p. 320 (entry «الموستاري»; taught Arabic letters at the Darülfünun; Husn al-sahaba), via turath.io

Affiliation

Scholar of Arabic literature; Husn al-sahaba

Biography

Born in Mostar in Herzegovina, he became a scholar of Arabic literature and, after emigrating to Istanbul, taught Arabic language and literature at the Darülfünun (university). He wrote in Arabic Husn al-sahaba fi sharh ashʿar al-sahaba, a commentary on poems of the Prophet's Companions printed in Istanbul, and a commentary on Abu Talib's Lamiyya.