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Re: موت مؤرخ: البروفسيور محمد سعيد القـــــدال (1935-2008م): أحمد إبراهيم أبوشوك (Re: Ahmed Abushouk)
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Professor S.R. OFahey writes
Quote: Date: 08. January. 2007
Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal whose death has just been reported was one of a select group of professional historians, Sudanese and non-Sudanese, who have profoundly enriched and deepened our understanding of Sudanese history. Born in 1935 into an Eastern Sudanese family with Khatmiyya affiliations, he was educated at the University of Khartoum and had a varied career as a teacher, lecturer, political activist and, above all, as a scholar in both the Sudan and the Yemen. His writings centred on the Mahdiyya with which he shared a lifelong fascination together with his friend, the late Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Salim (d. 2004). His first major book was al-Siyasa al-iqtisadiyya li'l-dawla al-Mahdiyya, based on his Khartoum Ph.D. thesis, first published in 1986. The work already illustrates a theme that was to dominate his writings, an essentially Marxist analysis and an insistence on the rationality of their actions of the major figures of the Mahdiyya, above all the Mahdi and the Khalifa. These aspects come out in his al-Imam al-Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah (various editions; most recently Beirut: Dar al-Jil, 1992). This is by far the best biography we have of the Mahdi, not least because it attempts to situate him in the context of a Sudanese response to Egyptian colonialism but also as part of a reaction to new religious impulses brought to the Sudan largely by students of Ahmad ibn Idris (d. 1837). A particular interest of Dr. al-Qaddal was Sudanese/Ethiiopian relations on which he wrote a series of studies, al-Sudan wa'l-Habash, while, together with Dr. Abu Salim, he edited Isma'il ibn 'Abd al-Qadir al-Kurdufani's al-Tiraz al-manqush bi-bushra qatal Yuhanna malik al-Hubush (Khartoum, 1972). He also wrote a very fine general history of the modern Sudan, Ta'rikh al-Sudan al-hadith, 1820-1955 (Khartoum, n.d.). I am not compentent to comment on Dr. al-Qaddal's political writings, but one I cherish is his Kobar, Dhikriyat mu'taqal fi sujun al-Sudan (Cairo, 1998), a brief work that elegantly combines humour and irony. The Spanish philosopher, Santanyana, once remarked that a people who forget their history are condemned to relive it. Dr. al-Qaddal was one of a select band of scholars who sought to teach his fellow countrymen that they could escape their past only if they understood it. He will be greatly missed, not least by the present writer.
Prof. R.S. O'Fahey Department of History University of Bergen |
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Re: موت مؤرخ: البروفسيور محمد سعيد القـــــدال (1935-2008م): أحمد إبراهيم أبوشوك (Re: Ahmed Abushouk)
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أدناه بعض التعازي التي أرسلها لي بعض الزملاء الذين سمعوا بوفاة القدال.
Quote: 1. Dear Ahmed, I am very sorry to learn of Prof. Qaddal's death. This is a great loss not only to his family, country and friends but also to scholarship. In addition, he was a real gentleman. Kindly pass my personal condolence to his family. Aharon Layish, Israel.
2. Dear Ahmed,
Heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of Prof. al-Qaddal! The memory of this warm and gentle person and dedicated historian will live on. May he rest in peace. Ulrike Freitag
3. Dear Abushouk
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'oun (To God we belong and to Him we return). Thank you, Abu Shouk, for the timely information. Prof. al-Gaddal's demise is no doubt a big loss to the country, friends, history students and researchers. This is the destiny of every human being and we are only heading to that end. We have to supplicate to Allah (s.w.t) to shower merci and forgiveness upon Prof. al-Gaddal, rest his soul in eternal peace in highest paradise and give patience to his family, friends, colleagues and students. My sincere condolences go to Prof. al-Gaddal's family and to all those who have known him.
Mohammed Hammad Ezairig +974-5866035 (mobile) +974-4629237 (office) Doha, Qatar
4. Dear Ahmed,
Indeed chocking news to all of us and to his students all over the globe! he was a great teacher and a wonderful human being! best.
Amal Hassan, USA
5. Dear Prof. Ahmed Condolences and prayers to Almighty to bless you and your colleagues to take up his position and fill the vacancy he left in our knowledge of history. With heaviest of hearts,
Muhammad Elmekki Ibrahim |
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Re: موت مؤرخ: البروفسيور محمد سعيد القـــــدال (1935-2008م): أحمد إبراهيم أبوشوك (Re: عبدالله الشقليني)
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الدكتور الأنوار عبد الماجد يكتب من جنوب أفريقيا
RE: Qaddal From: ANWAR MAGID ([email protected]) Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:10:18 PM To: Ahmed Abushouk ([email protected])
Dear Al-AmeerQuote: , Messages bringing the sad news of the death of our teacher and friend Gaddal kept bombarding my computer and shattering my soul. For some reason, I was not able to view the article you kindly sent to me. Pity that we celebrate such unique individuals as Gaddal only after they passed on. Pity that, I only discovered too late how privileged I was that he knew me (and called me by my first name), how privileged I was to share with him a meal of foul over which he generously and unreservedly shared me some deep and original thoughts on what he dedicated his life for and worried him most: the state of our beloved Sudan. I shall never forget his passionate, brain-storming and courageous style of teaching and lecturing and how brilliant he was in what he did...making Sudan history relevant to its present and future..His publications stand witness. Added to all that, he was a human being in the full sense of the word and has that unique gift of loving all, blessed by the love of all and being a friend to all age groups. ..May Allah rest his soul in peace |
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