Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal

Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal
Muhammad Said al-Qaddal (Arabic: محمد سعيد القدال) was a Sudanese intellectual and historian whose research and views are distinguished for their depth and clarity, particularly the ones regarding the history of certain Sudanese religious communities and ideological parties, as well as his research on the field of educational curriculum.
Life
Muhammad Said al-Qaddal was born in 1935 in Sinkat, eastern Sudan, where he was taught the Quran. His father, Sheikh al-Qaddal, was seconded to work in Hadhramaut, Yemen, therefore, al-Qaddal and his family moved there, and it is where he studied middle school.
Education
al-Qaddal studied at:
Khartoum State primary schools.
Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum, 1958.
Master's degree at University of California.
Ph.D. in Modern History of Sudan from University of Khartoum.
Career
History Assistant Inspector, Ministry of Education: 1966–1969
Head of the Department of History, Higher Teachers' Institute: 1970–1972
Lecturer: Department of History, University of Khartoum: 1982–1986
Associate Lecturer, University of Khartoum: 1987–1992
Associate Lecturer, University of Aden: 1993–2000
Associate Lecturer, University of Khartoum: 2000–2003
Professor, University of Khartoum: 2004
Research papers
World Conference on History of Mahdist War, University of Khartoum: 1981
Postgraduate Studies of Arab Universities, University of Khartoum: 1982
Hundred Years after the Berlin Conference 1884, Makerere University, Uganda: 1984
Rewriting Arab History, Union of Arab Historians, Baghdad: 1984
Social-Change in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe: 1986
Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage, University of Aden: 1992
Egyptian-Sudanese Relations, Cairo: 1997
Western-Arab Relations, Philadelphia University, Jordan: 2003
Development of Faculty of Arts’ Curriculum, Hodeidah University, Yemen: 2004
The Hadhrami Migration to Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur: 2005
Works
Education during the National Democratic Revolution Phase: 1970
The Mahdist State and Abyssinia (original: al-Mahdiyah wa-al-Habashah): 1973
Sudanese Communist Party and the 1969 Sudanese coup d'état: 1985
Imam al-Mahdi: A Painting of a Sudanese Rebel (original: al-Imam al-Mahdi: Lawha li-tha`ir sudani): 1986
The Economic Policy of the Mahdist State: 1987
Islam and Politics in Sudan (original: Al-Islam wa-al-siyasiyyah fi al-Sudan) (book): 1992
Belonging and Alienation: Studies in the History of Sudan: 1992
History of Modern Sudan (original: Ta'rikh al-Sudan al-hadith): 1993
Sheikh al-Qaddal Pasha: A Sudanese Teacher in Hadhramaut (original: Al-Shaykh al-Qaddal Basha): 1997
Sultan Ali Bin Salah al-Qu'aiti: Half a Century of Political Struggle in Hadhramaut: 1998
Cooper: Memoirs of a Political Detainee in Sudan Prisons: 1997
Milestones in the History of the Sudanese Communist Party: 1999
Guide to the Modern History of Europe: From the Renaissance Period to World War II: 2000
Guide to Writing University Research: 2000
Sheikh Mustafa al-Amin: A Journey of a Lifetime from Abyssinia to Hamburg: 2003
Death
On January 6, 2008, at the age of 73, al-Qaddal died following a health emergency in Khartoum, Sudan, and was buried there.
References
Sudanese novelists
Sudanese politicians
21st-century Sudanese politicians
Sudanese journalists
Arab historians