Jawad Ali (1907–1987) was an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

i historian and academic specializing in Islamic and Arabic history. He received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

from Hamburg University in 1939 and is known for his book, ''The history of the Arabs before Islam'' which became one of most referenced works on the history of Arabs before Islam. Jawad Ali worked in the Department of History at the Faculty of Education at the

University of Baghdad The University of Baghdad (UOB) ( ar, جامعة بغداد ''Jāmi'at Baghdād'') is the largest university in Iraq, tenth largest in the Arab world, and the largest university in the Arab world outside Egypt. Nomenclature Both University ...

beginning in the 1950s.

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1907 births 1987 deaths 20th-century Iraqi historians University of Hamburg alumni University of Baghdad faculty Pre-Islamic Arabia {{Iraq-writer-stub