Relations de voyages et textes géographiques arabes, persans et turks relatifs a l'Extrême-Orient du VIIIe au XVIIIe siècles

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ID19935829
AuthorsGabriel Ferrand (corresponding author)
Year2015
Publication date2015-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueRelations de Voyages et Textes Géographiques Arabes, Persans et Turks Relatifs a l'Extrême-Orient du VIIIe Au XVIIIe Siècles (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316136942
OpenAlexW1601504840
Open LibraryOL34511324M
ISBN9781316136942
LanguageFR
Citations received10

Gabriel Ferrand (1864–1935) travelled widely as a French diplomat and pursued scholarly passions as a polyglot orientalist. He served as consul to Madagascar and published several works about the island, noting the Arab influence that preceded the arrival of Europeans. A member of the Société Asiatique, and editor of its journal from 1920 until his death, Ferrand sought in particular to make Arabic geographical and nautical writings more accessible to fellow scholars and students. Forming part of that project, this work appeared in two volumes in 1913–14. It presents annotated French translations of mainly Arabic texts relating to the Far East. Brief biographical notes on the authors are given for the benefit of non-specialists. Volume 1 contains the preliminary matter explaining Ferrand's approach to transcription and translation. This is followed by texts up to the thirteenth century, including extracts from the ninth-century author Sulaiman al-Tajir

Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Art · Humanities · Linguistics · Literature · Middle East · Orientalism · Palaeography · Passions · Polyglot · Spelling · Turkish · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy

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