Abdulaziz Ahmed AlRasheed
| Abdulaziz Ahmed AlRasheed | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1887 Kuwait |
| 1938 ( age of 51)1938 ( age of 51) | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Kuwaiti |
| 💼 Occupation | Writer and Kuwaiti Historian |
Abdulaziz Ahmed AlRasheed (العربية:عبزالعزيز بن أحمد الرشيد) was a Kuwaiti historian and writer who was born Kuwait in 1887. worked in journalism and wrote in history. He has many books, the most important one is Taarikh Alkuayt (The History of Kuwait). Abdulaziz Alrashaid and Yusef bin Essa Al-Qenaei were among the first preachers who permitted reading and printing newspapers called for the education of modern sciences. He participated in the Battle of Jahra in 1920 and was wounded in it. AlRasheed is known as the first historian of Kuwait because he was first published a book in the history about Kuwait in 1926. He is also called the pioneer of journalism in Kuwait, because he published the first magazine in Kuwait, the Kuwait Magazine, in 1928. In February 2009, the Kuwaiti Writers Association announced its initial agreement with the Ministry of Communications to release commemorative postage stamps in memory of the pioneers of the cultural movement. He was among the names offered.[1]
Life[edit]
According to mentioned in the book of Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed and his role in the literary movement by Dr. Yaqoub Al-Hajji. AlRasheed father, Ahmed Al-Rasheed, immigrated to Kuwait from Al-Zulfi with two of his brothers. Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed was born in the Al-Wasat district in Kuwait City. He learned the Qur’an at the age of six with Mullah Zakariya al-Ansari. Later he became a student to Sheikh Abdullah Al-Khalaf at the age of fourteen. Moreover, he worked with his father in trade, as he used to travel to the Caucasus on camels to sell leather there.
Studies[edit]
He went to Al-Zubayr city in Iraq, seeking knowledge from its Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Aujan. He stayed with him for a whole year to study Hanbali jurisprudence. In 1903, he returned to Kuwait and married at the age of sixteen. In 1906 he went to Al-Ahsa and specifically in Mubarraz to seek knowledge from Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Abdul Qadi. He stayed in Al-Ahsa for some time and then returned to pursue the profession of pearl diving with his father[2]. In 1911, he went to Baghdad to enroll in the Dawoodi school with Mahmoud Shukri Al-Alusi, and he began with him explaining Al-Suyuti to Al-Alfiya Ibn Malik. Al-Rasheed wrote his first book Risalat Tahdhir Almuslimin Min Aitibae Ghayr Sabil Almuminin in 1911. In this book, he calls for the necessity of a woman to stay in the home and women should not go to school.
Work in Kuwait[edit]
When Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed returned to Kuwait, the country was experiencing the beginning of its cultural renaissance after the establishment of the Mubarakiya School in 1911. He became headmaster of Almubarakiya school in 1917. He inserted some new subjects in the school, such as geography, engineering, and the English language, and these subjects were forbidden by some scholars. In 1921, he was a member of the first Kuwaiti Shura Council. He had suggested establishing a new school after people were reluctant to study English at the Mubarakiya School. In 1921, the Ahmadiyya School was established, which taught modern sciences such as the English language. Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed most famous work is his book Tarikh Alkuayt (The History of Kuwait) 1926. The book was printed in the modern printing press in Baghdad. After he finished his writings, he showed the book to some of his friends. Mr. Hashem Al-Rifai suggested to him about going to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to provide him with other information and some documents. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah helped him to collect official documents and contracts to document the history of Kuwait by supplied Abdulaziz Al-Rasheed with everything he wanted. Al Rasheed also used to publish many articles in several newspapers such as Al-Shura newspaper, Al-Yaqeen magazine, and Al-Hilal magazine and after he released the book on the history of Kuwait, he had the idea of creating a magazine in the name of Kuwait. Later he sent a letter to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to allow him to publish a magazine in the name of Kuwait. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah agreed to issue the magazine on condition that Yusef bin Isa Al-Qinaei should observe the magazine, so Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed agreed to that.[3][4]
Moving to Indonesia[edit]
AlRasheed met King Abdulaziz bin Saud on February 14, 1931, in Mecca. He praised King Abdulaziz with his poem. And he agreed with King Abdulaziz to go to Indonesia to The call to the Salafi doctrine and to invite Muslims there to go for the Hajj. After the end of the Hajj season that year, he went to Java onboard in ship and took with him 100 pounds and luxurious clothing gifted by King Abdulaziz. He was aware when he went to Indonesia about the ongoing conflict between the members of the Hadrami Arab community and the root of the conflict is the social legacies, which are class divisions. He worked as a teacher, and he gave lessons in jurisprudence and the Arabic language. A year later, he returned to Kuwait, where it was suffering from an outbreak of smallpox. Then he went to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Then he returned to Indonesia in early 1933. [4]
Death[edit]
Abdul Aziz al-Rashid died in Jakarta on February 3, 1938. He has buried in Arab Cemetery.
Writings[edit]
- Risalat Tahdhir Almuslimin Min Aitibae Ghayr Sabil Almuminin.
- Tarikh Alkuayt, Fi Jazyayn 1926 (The History of Kuwait, in two volumes, published in 1926).
- Risalat Aldalayil Albayinat Fi Hukm Ta'liim Allughat (Evidence message in the rule of language teaching).
Related books[edit]
- Qamuus Tarajam Alshakhsiat Alkuaytiaa Fi Qarnin Wanisf (Dictionary translated Kuwaiti figures in two and a half centuries),1998.
- Khaled Saud Al-Zaid:'udba' alkuayt fi qarnayn (Kuwait writers in two centuries),1967.
References[edit]
- ↑ "عبد العزيز الرشيد". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ "عبدالعزيز الرشيد مؤرّخ الكويت الأول". مركز جمال بن حويرب للدراسات (in العربية). 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ "عبد العزيز الرشيد مؤرخ الكويت الأول | شخصيات كويتية | كويتنا" (in العربية). Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "عبد العزيز الرشيد والسائح العراقي في جاوة (طلال الرميضي) - تاريخ الكويت". www.kuwait-history.net. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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