# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:47:46.560Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Muhammad Abduh was born in 1849 and began teaching advanced Islamic texts at Al-Azhar University before he'd even finished his own studies there. By 1877 he held the rank of ʿālim and taught logic, theology, ethics, and politics; the next year he added professorships in history at Dar al-ʿUlūm and Arabic literature at Madrasat al-Alsun. He wrote prolifically for Al-Manār and Al-Ahram, became editor of Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya in 1880, and briefly co-published the pan-Islamist anti-colonial newspaper al-ʿUrwa al-Wuthqā with his mentor Jamāl ad-Dīn al-Afghānī. His major works included Risālat at-Tawḥīd ("The Theology of Unity") and a Quran commentary. Appointed judge in 1888, he rose to consultative member of the Court of Appeal in 1899 and was named Grand Mufti of Egypt the same year. He died on 11 July 1905, a central architect of the Arab Nahḍa and Islamic Modernism.