Ibrahim ibn Bakir Bahaz

Ibrahim ibn Bakir Bahaz
Born	(1956-08-17) August 17, 1956 Ghardaia
Citizenship	Algeria

Ibrahim ibn Bakir Bahaz or Brahim Bahaz (Arabic: ابراهيم ابن بكير بحاز; 17 August 1956) is an Algerian Ibadi scholar, historian, and manuscriptologist.

Early life

Ibrahim Bahaz was born on 17 August 1956 in the village of Tazuzout, in the Ghardaïa oasis of Algeria, during French colonial rule. His father, was engaged in commerce and was residing in El Khroub at the time. His mother, was his father’s cousin. He began his studies at the mosque, where he learned the Quran, while also attending a primary school taught by both French and Arab teachers. He continued his studies at Imam Abdelhamid Ben Badis middle school, now known as Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib. After two years, he moved to El Khroub, where he pursued his middle school education for another two years. He later transferred to Constantine, where he completed the final stage of his middle school studies in 1972.

He then attended Ridha Houhou High School in Constantine, where he spent three years completing his secondary education. During this period, he developed a particular interest in Arabic literature and history. He got his baccalaureate degree in 1977.

Works

Brahim Bahaz collaborated with his colleague Muhammed Nasir to produce a new edited Arabic edition of Ibn al-Saghir's book, which was first published in 1986.

Selected articles

• Bahaz, Ibrahim (2018-09-24), "11. Réflexions sur la nature du pouvoir rustumide", L’ibadisme dans les sociétés de l’Islam médiéval (in French), De Gruyter, pp. 127–136

See also

• Ibadi studies

References

Bibliography

• عمي سعيد [Ammi Said], عبد الفتاح [Abd al-Fattah] (2021). جهود الدكتور ابراهيم بكير بحاز في كتابة تاريخ الغرب الإسلامي [The efforts of Dr. Ibrahim Bakir Bahaz in writing the history of the Islamic West] (PDF) (Master thesis) (in Arabic). University of Ghardaia.
• مطهري [Mattahri], فاطمة [Fatima] (2020). "دور وجهود الأستاذ إبراهيم بحاز في تحقيق التراث الجزائري المخطوط "أخبار الأئمة الرستميين لابن الصغير أنموذجا"" [The Role and Contributions of Professor Ibrahim Bahaz in Editing the Algerian Manuscript Heritage: 'The Chronicles of the Rustamid Imams by Ibn al-Saghir as a Case Study]. قرطاس الدراسات الحضارية و الفكرية / Qertas al-Dirasat al-Hadariyya wa al-Fikriyya. (in Arabic). 8 (2): 09–26.

External links

• Podcast 13: Professor Ibrahim Bahaz, Part 1 - Al-Wisam Podcast (Spotify)
• Podcast 13: Professor Ibrahim Bahaz, Part 2 - Al-Wisam Podcast (Spotify)