Muhammad Hasan Abi al-Mahasin facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan Abu al-Mahasin |
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| محمد حسن أبي المحاسن | |
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| Religion | Islam |
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| Born | 1875 Karbala, Ottoman Iraq |
| Died | 1923 (aged 47–48) Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Children | 6 |
| Parents | Hamadi al-Maliki (father) |
| Relatives | Nouri al-Maliki (grandson) |
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| Teacher | Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi |
Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan Abi al-Mahasin al-Janaji al-Ha'eri (Arabic: الشيخ محمد حسن أبي المحاسن الجناجي الحائري; 1875–1923) was an Iraqi poet and politician. He was most famous for his participation in the Iraqi revolt of 1920.
Early life and family
Abi al-Mahasin, was born in Karbala in 1874. His grandfather, Muhsin al-Maliki, was the first of the family to migrate from Janaja, Hilla to Karbala, residing in Janaja, al-Hindiya in the end of the 19th century. They also gained stature in the city, after marrying into the Nasrallah family. He is of the Albu Muhsin family of Al-Ghati offshoot of Al-Ali tribe, a branch of Bani Malik tribe.
Biography
Abi al-Mahasin was one of the leaders of the Iraqi revolution against the British occupation during and after the First World War. He became Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi's representative, by leading the Revolutionary Council (known as al-Majlis al-Milli; Arabic: المجلس الملي) in 1920.
He later became the Minister of Education in the first national government of the royal reign of King Faisal I after Iraq's independence in 1922.
Works
Abi al-Mahasin was a renowned poet, and his student Sheikh Muhammad-Ali al-Yaqubi published his diwan for him in 1966, under the name Diwan Abi al-Mahasin al-Karbalaei.
Abi al-Mahasin wrote a lot of poetry on pan-Arabism, and the glory of the Arabs, and one of his famous lines includes:
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فمتى تؤلف وحدة عربية |
When will there be Arab unity, |
Personal life
Abi al-Mahasin was married to the daughter of Sayyid Ali Nasrallah. He had six sons, Kamil, Muhammad-Husayn, Fadhil, Muhammad-Sharif, Abd al-Razzaq, and Mo'ein.
His grandson, Nouri al-Maliki, was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 until 2014.
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