Al-Badawi al-Mulaththum ( ar, البدوي الملثم, "The Veiled
Bedouin
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") was the
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used by Ya'qoub Al Oudat, a pioneer of thought and literature in Jordan, writer, thinker, scholar, historian, storyteller and a translator. Famous for writing a
biography
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of
Mustafa Wahbi et-Tull, a Jordanian poet known by his pseudonym Arar.
Early life
Yaqoub was born in
Al Karak
Al-Karak ( ar, الكرك), is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate.
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in Jordan in 1909, and his father Hanna was the first mayor of Karak during the Turkish rule, his mother is Hadba Jaber Al Odat.
Education
When Al Oudat's father passed away, he stopped attending school and transferred to the Secondary School of Irbid. Al Oudat completed his primary education at the School of Roman Orthodoxy and Al Maaref School. He finished his secondary education in 1931.
Al Oudat wished to pursue his graduate studies in Law at the
Damascus University but his limited financial resources prevented him to continue his education.
Career
After graduating from high school, Al Oudat was appointed as a teacher in
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
, he taught
Arabic literature
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and history, he then moved to teach in
Jerash and
Ramtha
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where he continued teaching for six years.
He began writing and publishing his articles in 1926 in newspapers and magazines in Jordan, Syria and Egypt, with the signatures of aliases like (Abu Baroud), (Hammad Al Badawi), (Abu Natharat), (Nawaf), (Fata Muab), (Fata Al Badeya) and finally Al Badawi Al Mulatham (Literally in Arabic ''The Veiled
Bedouin
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'' after a bedouin camel rider he glanced in
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
.
Al Oudat died by heart attack on 23 September 1971.
External links
Webpage with picture of the book ''Arar'' by Al Badawi Al MolathemUsed book advert for ''Al-Qafillah Al-Mansiyyah'' by Al-Badawi Al-MulathamBiography of Al Badawi Al Mulatham
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1909 births
1971 deaths
Jordanian writers
Jordanian historians
People from Al Karak
20th-century historians