Maarouf al-Dawalibi ( ar, معروف الدواليبي, Maʿrūf al-Dawālībī; 29 March 1909 – 15 August 2004), was a
Syrian
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...
politician and was twice the
prime minister
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of
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. He was born in
Aleppo
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, and held a Ph.D. in Law. He served as a minister of economy between 1949 and 1950, and was elected
speaker of the parliament in 1951. He also served as minister of defense in 1954. After the Ba'ath party came to power in 1963, he was imprisoned and later exiled, serving as an adviser to several Saudi kings, including
King Khalid
Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Khalid ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'' ; 13 February 1913 13 June 1982) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and politician who served as King and Prime Minister of ...
.
His son, Nofal al-Dawalibi, is involved in the
Syrian Opposition
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.
Biography
Maarouf al-Dawalibi was born in
Aleppo
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He received his early education in Aleppo and graduated from the
University of Damascus
The University of Damascus ( ar, جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, ''Jāmi‘atu Dimashq'') is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus and has campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 through ...
with a
B.A.
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in Law. He did his
doctoral studies
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at the
Sorbonne University
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on the Roman Law.
al-Dawalibi became a professor at the University of Damacus and authored ''al-Huqūq al-Rūmāniyah'', which was later published by the university. When the university set up Faculty of the Shariah, he was appointed to teach the principles of
Fiqh
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The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...
.
He authored ''Madkhal ilā ʻilm uṣūl al-fiqh'', a book that is taught in the seminaries affiliated with the
Nadwatul Ulama
Nadwatul Ulama is a council of Muslim theologians in India which was formed in 1893 in Kanpur. The first manager of the council was Muhammad Ali Mungeri and the incumbent is Rabey Hasani Nadwi. The council established the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ul ...
.
References
1909 births
2004 deaths
Prime Ministers of Syria
Foreign ministers of Syria
Speakers of the People's Assembly of Syria
Syrian ministers of economy
Syrian ministers of defense
National Bloc (Syria) politicians
People's Party (Syria) politicians
20th-century Syrian politicians
People from Aleppo
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