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EARLY LIFE Hamad Al-Jasser was born in the small village of Al-Burood in 1907. He grew up physically handicapped, not learning how to walk until the age of five. His mother passed away when he was just seven years old. He went to the village school, Al-Kuttab, and learned how to read and write. In 1920, his father sent him to live with a relative who was studying in the capital, Riyadh . There, in line with normal educational practice in the country at the time, he memorised the whole of the Quran , and learned about the lives of the Sheikh s. After the relative he was living with in Riyadh passed away, he returned to his hometown Al-Burood. At this point his father had fallen ill, and so his grandfather put him in charge of educating the young people of Al-Burood. However his older brother, Jasser Al-Jasser, was unhappy with his presence in Al-Burood and so took him back to Riyadh, to continue his education among other students and Sheikhs. CAREER Al-Jasser became a teacher, and taught throughout Saudi Arabia. He also served as a judge in Northern . He then wrote, edited, and was very much involved in the magazine, and journalism in general. He wrote many historical books, the most famous being his genealogical work جمهرة أنساب الأسر المتحضرة في نجد (popularly known as Kitab Al-Ansab, "The Book of Roots"). The book lists all Saudi families together with a brief history of the family. As a result, the book is very popular and found widely throughout Saudi Arabia. He also established a second magazine, "Al-Arab", and a library of the same name, which he supervised. |
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