Extracting pure gold from a brief description of Paris, or a precious sofa of information about Paris: At-Tahtavi Rifa A Rafi

Sheikh Rifa’a Rafi ‘At-Tahtavi (1801-1873), a graduate of the largest Muslim University Al-Azhar, was in Paris from 1828 to 1831 as part of a group of young Egyptians, sent by the ruler of Egypt Muhammad’ Ali to study in France. There, following the advice of his teacher, the famous poet and stylist Hassan Al -‘attar, wrote most of the book published in Cairo in 1834 under the name “Extracting pure gold from a brief description of Paris.” In a book, a kind of brief encyclopedia of Paris, at-Tahtavi, relying on the French books read by him during his studies, on publications in the press and his own observations, describes the daily life of Parisians, their customs, customs, character, religious views, professional classes, as well as the situation of a woman in society, French sciences and art, and social system of France, says about the events of the July The revolution of 1830. His goal is to introduce the Egyptians and “all Muslims” to the achievements of the French in the field of science, technology and socially …

Author
At-Tytavi Reefa a Rafi
Translator
Kirpichenko V.N.
Artist
Yakovlev V. Yu.
Publisher
Science, 2009
Series
Literary monuments