al-Kawākibī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Weismann, Itzchak
Leiden
Brill
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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kawākibī (1855-1902) was a leader of the Islamic reformist trend in late Ottoman Aleppo, an early precursor of the modernist Salafiyya and of Arab nationalism. He belonged to a notable family of Sharīfian descent (that is, descendants of the prophet Muḥammad), with branches in Istanbul and Aleppo. His branch resided in Aleppo's mixed Muslim-Christian Jallūm quarter, where some family members acted as administrators of the ancient family mosque and Ṣūfī lodge (zāwiya) . His father, Aḥmad Bahāʾī al-Kawākibī (1829-82), a staunch supporter