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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) M.1Amin Sheikho (1890-1964 A.D / 1308-1384 A.H) was a scholar and interpreter of the Quran . Sheikho was born in al-Ward district in Sarouja Quarter, one of the historical districts of Damascus , in Syria which was called mini-Istanbul during the period of the Ottoman rule. He was raised in an Arab style house situated opposite the famous public al-Ward Bathhouse. This house stands there to the present day. Amin Sheikho was still young when his father, the merchant Ismael Sheikho, departed this world. Mohammad Saleem, the only and elder brother of Mohammad Amin, was assigned as a director of the Military School during the Ottoman rule.2
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) M. Amin Sheikho (1890–1964 A.D / 1308–1384 A.H) was a scholar and interpreter of the Quran . Sheikho was born in al-Ward district in Sarouja Quarter, one of the historical districts of Damascus , in Syria which was called mini-Istanbul during the period of the Ottoman rule. He was raised in an Arab style house situated opposite the famous public al-Ward Bathhouse. This house stands there to the present day. Amin Sheikho was still young when his father, the merchant Ismael Sheikho, departed this world. Mohammad Saleem, the only and elder brother of Mohammad Amin, was assigned as a director of the Military School during the Ottoman rule.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Mohammad Amin Sheikho ( ) was a Syrian scholar and interpreter of the Quran born in 1890 CE / 1308 AH.
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Kurdish Islamic scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho ( Arabic : محمد أمين شيخو , 1890 - 1964) was a Kurdish Islamic scholar and interpreter of the Quran .Journeys in Islamic countries (1st ed.).
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assigned as a director of the military school during the ottoman rule
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islamic scholar and interpreter of the quran
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