Mu ammad Al-T nis

Mu ammad al-T nis (d. 1274/1857) belonged to a family of Tunisian merchants who traded with Egypt and what is now Sudan. Raised in Cairo, al-T nis spent ten years traveling through the Darfur Sultanate. On his return to Egypt, he played an important part in Mu ammad Al 's modernization project, supervising the translation of veterinary and medical texts and editing the first printed editions of classical Arabic texts.

Mu ammad al-T nis (d. 1274/1857) belonged to a family of Tunisian merchants who traded with Egypt and what is now Sudan. Raised in Cairo, al-T nis spent ten years traveling through the Darfur Sultanate. On his return to Egypt, he played an important part in Mu ammad Al 's modernization project, supervising the translation of veterinary and medical texts and editing the first printed editions of classical Arabic texts. See less