Jawad Ali
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Doctor Jawad Ali جواد علي | |
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Born | 1907 |
Died | 1987 (aged 79–80) Baghdad, Iraq |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Education | Hamburg University |
Occupation(s) | historian, academic, writer |
Years active | 1931–1987 |
Jawad Ali (1907–1987) was an Iraqi historian and academic specializing in Islamic and Arabic history. He received his doctorate from Hamburg University in 1939, and is known for his book The history of the Arabs before Islam which become one of most referenced works on the history of Arabs before Islam.[1] Jawad Ali worked in the Department of History at the Faculty of Education at the University of Baghdad beginning in the 1950s.
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