The Life And Works Of The Shaykh Of Abret (1908-1978) With Special Reference To His Arabic Manuscripts

Tht; prin cipal and ge neral objective of this study is to assess the inLell ecLualrncontribu tio ns of Ethiopian Muslim scholars Lowards the dcvc lopmenL ofrnIs lamic culture in the country.rnTo Rch ir:ve ih is objcr:tivc I have used thc works of the Sha.ykh. of /b reL l!S arncasc study. The spcei fic obj ectives the study arc: wriLin g a bricl biography ofrnthe Shaykh of Abret, collecting and preserving h is works, making a briefrnconten t analysis, and making his works available ready for fu rther studi es.rnUsing pnmary and secondary sources and the :MSS of the Shaykh of Abrel,rnthe s tudy has a Llempted to achieve both objectives.rnl3ased on the above specific objective and metlmods, the b iography a nd thernworks of the Shaykh of Abret arc discusscd brieny. As a result, the cultural ,rnsocial and ideological innuenccs of thc Shaylch a rc studied. In chapter onernthe b3c kgraund of the sludy, in ch'"lpte r Iwo the historical ... md rc lig;ou srnbackground of the Gurage people, in chapter three a brief biography of thernShaylch of Abre t, in cha pter four the works of'the Shaylch, and in chapterrnconclu s ion and recommcndations arc d iscussed . Since the con tributionsrnwriLlc n by him a rc many in number, the study could only give a brief contentrnanalysis.

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