Abdeljelil Temimi, also transliterated as Abdoljalil Tamimi ( ar, عبد الجليل التميمي; born July 21, 1938), is a
Tunisian historian. He specialises in the
cultural
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and
architectural
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influences of the
Ottomans and
Moriscos in the
Arab world.
Life
Temimi was born on July 21, 1938, in
Kairouan. He followed primary, secondary and higher education in
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Iraq and
France, and obtained his
doctorate in 1972 in modern history at the
University of Aix-Provence. Furthermore, he obtained several academic diplomas in
Architecture,
Information Science and
Library and information science
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at the
National Archives of
France, the
University of Pittsburgh and the
National Archives and Records Administration in
Washington, D.C.[Agence universitaire de la Francophonie]
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From 1972 to 2000 he was a professor in contemporary history at
Tunis University
Tunis University ( ar, جامعة تونس, french: link=no, Université de Tunis) is a university in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1960 on the basis of earlier educational establishments.
The University of Tunis is a member of the Mediterr ...
.
Temimi stood at the beginning of several research institutes. At the beginning of the seventies, he was one of the founders of ARBICA in
Rome. In 1985 he founded the
(FTERSI) in the city of
Zaghouan
Zaghouan (or Zaghwan; ar, زغوان '' ; ber, ⵣⴻⵖⵡⴰⵏ / Zeɣwan)'' is a town in the northern half of Tunisia.
Situated on a low ridge of the Dorsale Mountains, the town has a mild climate and presents a green aspect. Cold water ...
, and in 1986 he founded the Arab Federation of Libraries and Information. Since his superannuation in 2000 he is honorable chairman of this federation. Furthermore, he is chairman of the Arab Committee for Ottoman Studies (Comité Arabe d’Etudes Ottomanes) since 1982 and of the International Committee of Morisco Studies (Comité International d’Etudes Morisques) since 1983.
Besides, he established a number of scientific magazines, like the ''Revue d'Histoire Maghrébine'' in 1974, the ''Arab Historical Review for Ottoman Studies'' in 1990, and the ''Revue Arabe d'Archives'' and the ''Documentation et d'Information'' in 1997. He organized dozens of congresses in the field of
Social sciences and
Humanities of the Arab, Morisco, Turkish and Ottoman worlds. His institute FTERSI grew to be a center of civilian and scientific dialogue, and accommodates a library with a collection of 18,000 books, 24 residential studios and two conference halls.
Acknowledgement
Professor Emeritus at the
University of Tunis, he is member of the
Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts and of the
Turkish Historical Society
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.
In 1990, he was honored by the
University of Cairo for his role in the rapprochement between Arab academics. In 1997, he was honored by the
Prince Claus Award
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The Fund has presented the international Prince Claus Awards annually si ...
for his research of
Ottoman architecture and culture in the Arab world. In the same year, he received an
honorary degree from
Istanbul University
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.
In 2001 the Institut Supérieur de Documentation published ''Mélanges Abdeljelil Temimi'' to his honor, for his contribution in
library and information science
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and
information science in Tunisia and the Arab world.
In 2017, the 18th Congress of Moorish Studies of the
Faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanities of Manouba pays tribute to him for his entire scientific output.
Honours
* Knight of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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(
France, 1984)
* Commander of the
Order of Cultural Merit (
Tunisia, 1991)
*
Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey (
Turkey, 2014)
Bibliography
Temimi published dozens of books and hundreds of articles and academical papers. The following list is a selection of his books in French and English:
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*1971: ''Recherches et Documents d'Histoire Maghrebine: La Tunisi, L'Algerie, Et La Tripolitaire De 1816 a 1871'', Tunis University, Tunis,
*1972: ''Le Beylik De Constantine et Hadj Ahmed Bey (1830-1837)'', Publications De La Revue D'Histoire Maghrebine, 1978, thesis, Aix en Provence
*1979: ''Etudes d'Histoire Morisque'', Centre d'Études et de Recherches Ottomanes et Morisco-Andalouses
*1979: ''Sommaire des registres arabes et Turcs d'Alger'', University of Michigan
*1984: ''Les provinces arabes et leurs sources documentaires a l'epoque ottomane'', N. Fagin Books, Chicago,
*1994: ''Etudes d'Histoire Arabo-Africaine'', Cermodi, Zaghouan
*1994: ''Etudes d'Histoire arabo-ottomane 1453-1918'', Cermodi, Zaghouan
*1995: ''Bibliographie Générale d'Etudes Morisques'',
*1996: ''Correspondances du Grand Vizir Khayreddine: L'Histoire Tunisienne entre la Réalité et les Interprétations Erronées, Tome I''
*1996: ''Etudes sur les relations Islamo-Chretiennes'', Fondation Temimi pour la Recherche Scientifique et l'Information,
*1997: ''Imperial Legacy'', Columbia University Press,
*1999: ''Crise de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines en Tunisie et dans les Pays Arabes'',
*1999: ''Cultures Et Conscience Nationale Dans Le Monde Arabe Contemporain'', Fondation Temimi,
*1999: ''Etudes et Documents d'Histoire Maghrébine à l'Epoque Moderne''
*1999: ''Mélanges Maria Soledad Carrasco Urgoti'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
*1999: ''Melanges prof. Machiel Kiel'', Fondation Temimi pour la Recherche Scientifique et l'Information,
*1999: ''Projets d'Histoire Générale des Arabes: Ambitions et Echecs''
*2002: ''In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century'', Routledge,
*2002: ''Index Islamicus 2002: A Biography Of Books, Articles And Reviews On Islam And The Muslim World Which Were published In The Year 2002; With Additions From 1993-2001'', Brill,
*2003: ''The Regency of Tunis and the Ottoman Porte, 1777-1814: Army and Government of a North-African Eyâlet at the End of the Eighteenth Century'', Routledge,
*2004: ''A History of Modern Tunisia'', Cambridge University Press,
*2005: ''Covert Gestures: Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain'', University of Minnesota Press,
*2005: ''Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614'', University Of Chicago Press,
*2007: ''From Muslim to Christian Granada: Inventing a City's Past in Early Modern Spain'', The Johns Hopkins University Press,
*2008: ''Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1578-1727'', Columbia University Press,
*2008: ''Un regard constantinois t.2 ; suite aux confessions d'un archiviste algérien'', Societé des Ecrivains,
*2009: ''The Administration of Sickness: Medicine and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Algeria'', Palgrave Macmillan,
*2010: ''Death in Babylon: Alexander the Great and Iberian Empire in the Muslim Orient'', University Of Chicago Press,
*2011: ''Tragédie de l'expulsion morisque : attitudes espagnoles et arabo-islamiques'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
*2012: ''Habib Bourguiba. Père fondateur de la Tunisie moderne et la fin d'un mythe'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
*2014: ''Approche de l'histoire tunisienne et maghrébine du temps présent'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
*2015: ''Leaderships maghrébins et machréquins et leur rôle dans l'histoire moderne et contemporaine'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
*2016: ''Mes contributions à l'histoire de la révolution et de la mémoire nationale'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
*2017: ''La Tunisie et le tournant 1969 à la lumière des archives de la police politique'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
*2017: ''Pour la défense de la révolution tunisienne'', Zaghouan, Fondation Temimi pour la recherche scientifique et l'information
References
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20th-century Tunisian historians
Living people
1938 births
People from Kairouan
21st-century Tunisian historians
Tunis University faculty