About Józef Bielawski
Lived 1910 – 1997 (aged 87). Józef Bielawski was a Polish islamicist, arabist, university teacher and translator.
Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish Arabist and scholar of Islam.
A graduate of the Jagiellonian University, where he studied law as well as oriental languages. From 1948 to 1950, he was the cultural attaché of the Polish Embassy in Turkey. From 1968, he was a professor at the University of Warsaw, where he created the Arab and Islamic studies program. In 1979, he became a member of the Iraqi Academy of Sciences. He was a founding member of the Polish-Arab Friendship Association. He is also known for his translation of the Qur'an into Polish. He is also the author of many books relating to Islam and Arabian culture.
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Who was Józef Bielawski?
Polish Islamic scholar (1910-1997)
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Józef Bielawski was born on 12 August 1910 in Stara Wieś.
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Józef Bielawski died on 19 September 1997 in Warsaw.
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Józef Bielawski was an islamicist, arabist, university teacher and translator.
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Józef Bielawski was Polish.
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