Volume-X, Issue-V, September 2024 |
Shakib Arsalan the Prince of Eloquence and his Struggle against Colonialism as Reflected through his Activities and Writings: A Study Md Hasanujjaman, Research Scholar, Department of Arabic, Gauhati University, Assam, India |
Received :18.09.2024 | Accepted: 24.09.2024 | Published Online: 30.09.2024 | Page No:174-180 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.10.issue.05W.018 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
It is well appreciated that the world has begot numerous noble beings that illuminated the globe in many ways, including history, literature, arts, poetry, politics, science etc. The Arab World was by no means far behind in producing creditable deeds as to bring peace and fraternity among the world inhabitants no matter where they belong to. Needless to say, Shakib Arsalan was one of the foremost whose thinking and writings have profusely impressed commoners and dignitaries in many aspects of human life. As an awakened Muslim, Shakib was always marching forward to his cherished goal for driving the colonists away from the Arab lands. He was a profound scholar not only of Islamic history, culture and civilization, but was also versed in several oriental as well as occidental languages. He was an Arab writer, a great thinker, poet, historian, politician and skilled with varied experiences, he carried with him a heart full of love for Arabism and brotherhood and these qualities were evident in everything he wrote. He has travelled many of countries of the world and studied the conditions of the Muslims at proximity and published several valuable books. He was the editor of the journal “La Nation Arab” in French, which was dedicated to the cause of Muslims therein and was published from Geneva. In the following, a brief sketch of Shakib Arsalan’s life has been penned as well as a glimpse of his several movements in regard to anti- colonialism activities through his pen and tongue has also been put down. Keyword: The Ottoman Empire, Abdul Hamid II, Arab world, Colonialism, Lebanon, India. |