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Malba Tahan, full name Ali Yezzid Izz-Edin ibn-Salim Hanak Malba Tahan, was a fictitious Persian scholar. He was the creation and frequent pen name of Brazilian author Júlio César de Mello e Souza.
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Biography
Biography
Alternate biography
In other works by Julio César, however [1], Malba Tahan was born on May 6, 1885 in the village of Muzalit, near Mecca (possibly modern Muzahmiyya). He lived for 12 years in Manchester, England, where his father was a prosperous merchant. After his father retired, the family moved to Cairo where they remained prosperous. Malba Tahan studied first in Cairo and afterwards went to Constantinople where he concluded his studies of social science. His first literary works date from this period and were published in Turkish in several newspapers and magazines. He was still a young man when his friend emir Abd el-Azziz ben Ibrahim appointed him mayor of Medina, a post which he filled with distinction for several years. In 1912, at the age of 27, he received a large inheritance from his father, which allowed him to travel widely around the world, including China, Japan, Russia and India, and Europe. He died in July 1931 near Riyadh, Arabia, fighting for the freedom of a local tribe.
Origin of the name
Malba Tahan is said to mean "the miller from the oasis" in Arabic. But Tahan was in fact the surname of one of Juiu Sousa's students, Maria Zechsuk Tahan.
References
- ^ Maktub : the book of destiny and other stories (New York: Charles Frank,1965)
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