Ibrahim Al Hilbawi (1858–1940) was an Egyptian jurist and politician. He is known for being the first president of the Bar Association.
Ibrahim Al Hilbawi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1858 |
| Died | 20 December 1940 (aged 81–82) |
| Alma mater | Al Azhar University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Years active | 1870s–1940 |
| Known for | First president of the Bar Association in Egypt |
Early life and education
editAl Hilbawi born in Kafr El Dawwar in 1858 into a Maghribi-origin family.[1][2] His father was a merchant and farmer.[3] Ibrahim received a degree in law from Al Azhar University.[1] He became a follower of Jamal al Din Al Afghani whom he met in 1873.[1][4]
Career and political activities
editAfter his graduation Al Hilbawi began to work as a lawyer in Tanta.[1] He worked as a deputy editor of the official publication Journal Officiel of which the editor-in-chief was Muhammad Abduh.[5] Al Hilbawi was the prosecuting lawyer in the trial of the Denshawai incident in 1906.[6] He took part in the establishment of the Ummah Party in 1907.[1]
Al Hilbawi became a member of the Muslim Benevolent Society.[5] He was the prosecuting lawyer in the trial of Ibrahim Nasif Al Wardani who assassinated Boutros Ghali, Prime Minister of Egypt, in 1910.[7] He was elected as the first president of the Bar Association in November 1912.[2][8] He joined the Liberal Constitutional Party in the 1920s.[1]
Personal life and death
editAl Hilbawi married in Kafr El Dawwar in 1880.[3] After divorcing her in 1888 he married with a slave girl from the harem of Princess Jamila who was the daughter of Khedive Ismail.[3] His second wife died next year, and he married again, but it ended in divorce soon.[3] Al Hiblavi married for the fourth time in 1897.[3] He died on 20 December 1940.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Donald M. Reid (1974). "The National Bar Association and Egyptian Politics, 1912-1954". International Journal of African Historical Studies. 7 (4): 613–615. doi:10.2307/216598. JSTOR 216598.
- ^ a b Arthur Goldschmidt, ed. (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt. Boulder, CO; London: Lynne Rienner Publisher. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-55587-229-8.
- ^ a b c d e Kenneth M. Cuno (2015). Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8156-5316-5.
- ^ A. Albert Kudsi-Zadeh (January–March 1972). "Afghānī and Freemasonry in Egypt". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 92 (1): 25–35. doi:10.2307/599645. JSTOR 599645.
- ^ a b Charles C. Adams (2013). Islam and modernism in Egypt. New York: Russell & Russell. pp. 210–211. ISBN 978-5-88433-477-9.
- ^ a b Hoda A. Yousef (2022). "The Other Legacy of Qasim Amin: The View from 1908". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 54 (3): 8. doi:10.1017/S0020743822000344. S2CID 249073659.
- ^ Kristin Shawn Tassin (2014). Egyptian Nationalism, 1882-1919: Elite Competition, Transnational Networks, Empire, and Independence (PhD thesis). University of Texas at Austin. p. 35. hdl:2152/28411.
- ^ Walid Kazzihe (1970). The Evolution of the Egyptian Political Elite, 1907-1921: A Case Study of the Role of the Large Landowners in Politics (PhD thesis). SOAS, University of London. p. 182. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00033836.