Luṭfī al-Sayyid, Aḥmad - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Aḥmad Luṭfī al-Sayyid (1872-1963) is considered one of modern Egypt's most prominent public intellectuals. Luṭfī was a lawyer, editor, philosopher, educator, translator, university rector, politician, and cabinet minister. He held significant roles in each of these arenas, leaving behind a legacy that has had a deep impact on intellectual, academic, cultural, and political life in Egypt. Luṭfī was born on 15 January 1872 to a land-owning family in the village of Barqayn, in the Sinbillāwayn district of the Daqhaliyya Governorate, in Lower Egypt, where his father