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Muhammad Sa'eed al-Amoudi
Native name
محمد سعيد العامودي
Born1905 (1905)
Mecca, Hejaz vilayet, Ottoman Empire
DiedFebruary 16, 1991(1991-02-16) (aged 86)
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Occupation
  • journalist
  • literary critic
  • poet
  • official
LanguageArabic
NationalityOttoman (1905-1916)
Hejazi (1916-1925/1932)
Saudi Arabian (1932-1991)
Years active1932-1991
RelativesSa'eed ibn Isa Al-Amoudi (ancestor)

Muhammad bin Sa'eed Al-Amoudi (Arabic: محمد سعيد العامودي, romanized: Muḥammad Saʻīd al-ʻĀmūdī; 1905 – 16 February 1991) was a Saudi Arabian journalist, literary critic and official. After graduation from Al-Falah school in Mecca, he worked in commerce for a while, then held several administrative positions, including: head of the editorial board of the General Post and Telegraph Authority and the editor-in-chief of its magazine until 1971, member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia from 1951 to 1954, chief editor of the Muslim World League magazine and Sawt Al-Hijaz newspaper for a while. He also employed by the Ministry of Education for several committees. During his official career, he published many works in the magazines of Al-Muqtataf and Al-Hilal and was a member of the Modern Literature Association in Cairo, which was headed by the poet Ibrahim Nagi. He died after a long illness at the age of 86 in his birthplace. [1] Al-Amoudi wrote many essays, short stories, poems, and reviews. [2] A prominent 20th-century Saudi Arabian journalist, his complete works were published in 3 volumes in 2007.[3]

Family Background and Birth

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Sheikh Muhammad bin Sa'eed bin Abdurrahman bin Abdullah Al-Amoudi Al-Bakri At-Taymi Al-Qurayshi was born in Mecca in 1905 to Sheikh Sa'eed bin Abdurrahman Al-Amoudi whose family were originally from Hadhramaut. The Al-Amoudi family of Hadhramaut had their own independent state in the Wadi Daw'an and were descendants of the 13th century Hadhrami Sufi saint and scholar Sheikh Sa'eed ibn Isa Al-Amoudi who in turn was a 6th generation descendant of the Hejazi saint also named Sa'eed ibn Isa Al-Bakri who in turn descended from the first Muslim Caliph Abu Bakr As-Siddiq's eldest son Abdurrahman in the 9th generation.[4][3][5] The Al-Amoudi family whom all descend from Sa'eed ibn Isa Al-Bakri spread out from their home city of Medina, most prominently settling in Hadhramaut during the 13th century, though there are branches present in the Levant as well.[6] He pursued his education at Al-Falah School.[2] After graduation he worked with his father, Sa'eed, who was a merchant working in the textile trade, and he had a shop in Al-Suwaiqah which was the market for merchants of fabrics and perfumes, it was included in the Grand Mosque in its first expansion.[7]

Career

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He ended his collaboration with his father and moved to government jobs. Worked in various writing-related and administrative positions, including: Heading the editorial board of the General Post and Telegraph Authority in Mecca. When Sawt Al-Hijaz newspaper was published in 1932, he was chosen as supervisor of its editor-in-chief for a short period, but his governmental work in the Telegraph and Post Department did not allow him to continue working there. Sawt Al-Hijaz (Voice of Hijaz) publication considered an extension of the Barid al-Hejaz (Post of Hejaz) newspaper, which was issued by Muhammad Salih Nassif in 1924 during the Hashemite era. After the end of the Hashemites in Hijaz in 1925, most of the Barid al-Hejaz writers moved to Sawt Al-Hijaz. This newspaper later got other names, finally known as Al-Bilad. [7]

In 1951, he was elected as a member of the Consultative Assembly and remained there for three years. He directed and headed the editor-in-chief of the Al-Hajj magazine from 1930 to 1971. He also worked as the editor-in-chief of the Muslim World League magazine from 1965 to 1978. He was chosen by the Ministry of Education twice for membership in the Supreme Council for Science and Arts. He was one of the founding members of the Publishing and Writing Committee and the Committee for Publishing Manuscripts of Hejaz History in 1948. [7] In 1955, he participated in the celebrations of the Iranian Parliament in Tehran as a representative of the Saudi Consultative Assembly. He was one of the founders of the Kuruş Project Association in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, this association only lasted two insurances.

Literature interests

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Ibrahim al-Jundi described him as an "inspiring poet, who collected various meanings, distinguished by his generous flair, the charm of his statement, the eloquence of his logic, and the smoothness of his style."[8] He is considered one of the pioneering writers in the 20th-century Hejaz,[9] was known for classical Arabic text editing, book-summarizing and reviewing. He also wrote many essays and some short stories.[10] As a literary critic, he wrote criticism or introduction for several books of many authors, including: History of the Arabs by Philip K. Hitti, The Hero of Heroes by Abd al-Rahman Azzam, The Caller of Heaven and Neither communism nor colonialism by Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad, Allahs Sonne über dem Abendland by Sigrid Hunke and other books by Ali Al-Tantawi, Abdul Jabbar Jomard, Mohammed al-Ghazali and Mikhail Naimy.[11] He published a Quatrain collection in 1980 [12] and a short story collection in 1982, Rāmiz, wa-qiṣaṣ ukhrá. He chose for his stories a realistic direction, aiming for Social reform.[13]

Death

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Al-Amoudi died in Mecca on 16 February 1991 after a long illness at the age of 86.[14]

Awards

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  • 1933: Al-Hilal magazine first prize for the best poem.[9]

Writings

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  • Arabic: من تاريخنا, romanized: Min tārīkhinā, historical studies, 1954
  • Arabic: رباعياتي, romanized: Rubāʻīyātī, poetry, 1980
  • Arabic: رامز وقصص أخرى, romanized: Rāmiz, wa-qiṣaṣ ukhrá, stories, 1982
  • Arabic: من حديث الكتب, romanized: Min hadith al-kutub, 1983
  • Arabic: من أوراقي, romanized: Min awrāqī, literary essays, 1983
Works of Muhammad bin Sa'eed Al-Amoudi

See Also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Udaba' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الأدباء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of writers from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 5 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 324.
  2. ^ a b Hussein 1994, p. 435.
  3. ^ a b ISBN 9786030094837
  4. ^ Publishing Al-Rayahin in the History of the Secure City Biographies of the Historians and Geographers of Mecca, Throughout the Ages, Volume 2 Historian of the Hijaz, Atiq bin Ghaith Al-Balady
  5. ^ عبد الله الناخبي. القول المختار فيما لآل العمودي من الأخبار.
  6. ^ "الـقـول الـمـخـتـار فـيـمـا لآل الـعـمـودي من الأخـبـار - Qawl al-mukhtar fima li-Al al-Amudi min al-akhbar - ArabicBookshop.net - Supplier of Arabic Books". web.archive.org. 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  7. ^ a b c Maghribi 1993, p. 233.
  8. ^ Al-Jundi 2015, p. 310.
  9. ^ a b Maghribi 1993, p. 234.
  10. ^ Maghribi 1993, p. 239.
  11. ^ Al-Bayuumi, Muhammad Rajab (1995). al-Nahḍah al-Islāmīyah fī siyar aʻlāmihā al-muʻāṣirīn النهضة الإسلامية في سير أعلامها المعاصرين [The Islamic Renaissance in the Lives of its Contemporary Eminents] (in Arabic). Vol. 2 (first ed.). Damascus, Syria: Tahama. p. 511.
  12. ^ "محمد العامودي". almoajam (in Arabic).
  13. ^ Bashrahil, Abdullah Muhammad (2005). Mawsūʻat Makkah al-Mukarramah al-jalāl wa-al-jamāl : qirāʼah fī al-adab al-Saʻūdī موسوعة مكة المكرمة الجلال والجمال: قراءة في الأدب السعودي [Encyclopedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Majesty and Beauty: A Perusal in Saudi Literature] (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Arab Institute for Research & Publishing. p. 886. ISBN 9789953360799.
  14. ^ Maghribi 1993, p. 240.

Sources

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  • Maghribi, Muhammad Ali (1993). Aʻlām al-Ḥijāz fī al-qarn al-rābiʻ ʻashar lil-Hijrah أعلام الحجاز في القرن الرابع عشر والخامس عشر الهجري [Eminents of Hejaz in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AH] (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (first ed.). Jedda, KSA: Tahama.
  • Hussein, Mustafa Ibrahim (1994). Udaba' Sa 'udiyun, tarjamat shamilah li-sab 'at wa-'ishrin adiban أدباء سعوديون؛ ترجمات شاملة لسبعة وعشرين أديبًا [Saudi writers:comprehensive biographies of twenty-seven writers] (in Arabic) (first ed.). Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Dar al-Rifa'i. pp. 29–49. ISBN 9789960662008.
  • Basalamah, Farooq bin Saleh (2013). Min ruwad al-adab al-Saudi من رواد الأدب السعودي [Pioneers of Saudi literature] (in Arabic) (first ed.). Amman, Jordan: Dar Ammar. pp. 86–92. ISBN 9789953542744.
  • Al-Jundi, Ibrahim (2015). Tuḥfat al-zaman bi-tartīb tarājim A'lām al-adab wa-al-fann تحفة الزمن بترتيب تراجم أعلام الأدب والفن (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dār al-Muqtabas. ISBN 9789933547264.
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