Person

Rifa'a at-Tahtawi

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1831

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Rifa'a at-Tahtawi, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Rifa'a at-Tahtawi returns from Paris to Cairo

    1831

    Role: Egyptian writer, teacher, translator, and intellectual of the Nahda

    1. 1831 · EgyptReturn from Paris to Egypt

      Tahtawi returned to Egypt in 1831 after five years of study in France, joining efforts to modernize education and infrastructure.

Sources

  1. Rifa'a at-Tahtawi Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-03