أبو القاسم الحفناوي و كتابه "تعريف الخلف برجال السلف"

Abstract EN

The topic of the present article is a part of the Algerian Islamic heritage in relation to a biographical study of one of the great Algerian figures at the end of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, namely, Abu Al-Qasim Al-Hafnawi, and his book “Ta'rif Al-Khalaf bi Ridjal Al-Salaf”.

the book is considered a unique basic reference for the translations of many Algerian and Islamic figures.

Accordingly, this study aims to highlight the Algerian cultural reality during the French colonial period and try to prove and preserve identity in light of the cultural and civilizational confrontations, by identifying the Hafnawi era and the factors that formed his intellectual personality and knowledge production, especially his encyclopaedic biography and the extent of its historical value.