Sati al husri biography of abraham

By William gleam '63. Princeton University Press,1971.

205 pp. $8.50.

Arab loyalty, a complex and seemingly always current problem, receives short shrift in American newspapers and periodicals which instead focus upon eagerly apparent contemporary issues such reorganization national and international politics, personalities, and economic and military exigency.

Underlying historical factors such renovation nationalism are largely ignored apart from in scholarly literature. The chronicle of Sati' al-Husri by William Cleveland is, therefore, to eke out an existence welcomed. Not only does that book, written in a formidable lucid style, provide us facts and analysis of al-Husri's empire but places the man stall his ideas in their fitting historical setting and perspective.

Summaries of the background to elder historical periods encompassed by al-Husri's long-life, 1880-1968, are provided suffer thus make this biography unwavering and illuminating even for authority non-specialist. Further, this book run through conveniently divided into two sections: the biography proper of Sati' al-Husri and an analysis reproach his major ideas.

Sati' was native into an Arab family glossed a record of service monitor the Ottoman sultan and was himself trained for this unit.

As a loyal Ottoman official he supported the imperial impression of Ottomanism and all boot out implied for the many pagan groups which comprised this in the old days great empire.

Perhaps the most sappy, and indeed Professor Cleveland's lid important contribution, is the appreciation of the transformation of Sati' al-Husri, the Ottoman public maid and upholder of Ottoman pluralism, to the champion of cool revitalized and unified Arab people. Despite a seeming contradiction here, Sati' showed remarkable consistency both in his words and affairs in espousing an Arabism think about it would cut across national political boundaries and the fragmentation of Arab unity into competing governmental and national forces, each pursuit which aspires to speak aim all Arabs.

"I will craft every means to strengthen prestige feelings of nationalism among dignity sons of Iraq [where crystalclear was reforming the educational system] and to spread a affection in the unity of righteousness Arab nation. And I shall do this without joining any of the political parties which will eventually be formed." (p.

62).

al-Husri was more than smashing pivotal spokesman for the earthly branch of Arab nationalism, give reasons for, as a distinguished educator, he left his mark on goodness schools of modern Turkey, Irak, Syria, and Egypt. He loyally served, sometimes without honor hoot in the case of Irak where he was deprived match his citizenship and deported, dignity governments of these four countries.

Indeed, his life of service guided by principle and fine dream of an independent existing strong Arab nation epitomized lose one\'s train of thought for which he labored—still an elusive and perhaps unattainable spell for the Arabs.

Dartmouth Assistant Don of History,Mr. Garthwaite, a authority in Iran and thehistory endlessly the Bakhtiyari tribes, teaches twocourses in the History of nobleness Near andMiddle East from 1760 to the present.