Researcher and
writer (b. 1893, Cairo / Egypt – d. 1952, İstanbul). He graduated from Al Azhar
University in Cairo (1911). He came to İstanbul and started as a journalist at
the newspaper Tasvir-i Efkâr. He
wrote articles supporting the Pan-Islamism Movement during the period of the
Constitutional Monarchy and the Republic and published research on Turkish and
Arabian Literature, the history of religions and religious issues. He also
prepared news bulletins for İstanbul Radio.
He was elected Konya
parliamentary deputy for the Democrat Party in 1950. He was the chair of the
Turkish contingent that participated in the World Islamic Conference in Karachi
in February 1951. His articles were published in the newspapers Tasvir-i Efkâr, İkdam, Akşam, Son Posta, Tan
and Cumhuriyet. He prepared nearly
one hundred compilations and translations.
MAIN WORKS:
Asr-ı Saadet / Sadr-ı İslâm
(The Happiness Period / The Very Beginning of Islam) (Islamic History, 1928-35,
in 10 volumes), Tanrı Buyruğu (The
Command of God, explanation of the Koran, 1934), Yeryüzündeki Dinlerin Tarihi (History of the Religions on Earth,
1938), İslâm'ın Özü ve Kur'an'ın Ruhu
(The Essence of Islam and the Spirit of the Koran, 1946), İslâmiyetin Geliştirdiği Tasavvuf (The Mysticism That Islam
Developed, 1948), Ana Davalarımız, Ana
Prensiplerimiz (Our Main Cases, Main Principles, 1949), İstanbul'da İktidarın Temelleri
(Foundations of the Power in İstanbul, 1995).
