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Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes

1862 – 1957

French Arabist, Islamologist and historian of religion

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Lived 1862 – 1957 (aged 94). Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes was a French historian of religion, university teacher, arabist, islamicist, academic and orientalist.

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes (15 December 1862 – 12 August 1957) was a French Arabist, a specialist in Islam and the history of religions.

His best known works are his historical and religious studies on Hajj and Muslim institutions. He also translated into French in an annotated edition the story of Arab travel writer and explorer Ibn Jubair (1145–1217). His book written after Arab authors on Syria at the time of the Mamluk is also a seminal work.

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes was a professor at the École nationale des langues orientales vivantes (today INALCO).

Works 1898: Ibn Khaldoun : Les Rois de Grenade (translation) 1900: Les Cérémonies du mariage en Algérie 1923: Le Pèlerinage à la Mekke. Étude d'histoire religieuse. (Annales of the Guimet Museum: Bibliothèque d'études; 33) 1921: Les Institutions musulmanes 1957: Mahomet. L'Homme et son message 1931: (in collaboration with S.F. Platonov) Le Monde musulman et byzantin jusqu'aux croisades. Paris, E. de Boccard, (Histoire du Monde 7,1) 1925: (in collaboration with Louis Mercier) Manuel d'arabe marocain. Grammaire et dialogues. New edition revised and enlarged by Louis Mercier. Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales 1923: La Syrie à l'époque des Mamelouks d'après les auteurs arabes: description géographique, économique et administrative précédée d'une introduction sur l'organisation gouvernementale / Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes. Paris, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, (Haut-Commissariat de la République Française en Syrie et au Liban : Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, Vol III.) 1927: Masālik el abṣār fi ... / 1 / L'Afrique, moins l'Égypte / Abu-'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn-Yaḥyā Šihāb-ad-Dīn Ibn-Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī. Paris. 1927: Masālik el abṣār fi mamālik el amṣār / Abu-'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn-Yaḥyā Šihāb-ad-Dīn Ibn-Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī. Paris. 1949: Voyages. First edition, four volumes, Librairie orientaliste Geuthner, 1949, 1951, 1953–1956 and 1965 (Documents related to the history of the Crusades published by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Vol I–III, plus Atlas). 1965: Voyages / P. 4 / Tables / Muḥammad Ibn-Aḥmad Ibn-Ǧubair. 1953–1956: Voyages; P. 3 / Muḥammad Ibn-Aḥmad Ibn-Ǧubair. 1951: Voyages; P. 2 / Muḥammad Ibn-Aḥmad Ibn-Ǧubair. 1949: Voyages; P. 1 / Muḥammad Ibn-Aḥmad Ibn-Ǧubair. 1952: Grammaire de l'arabe classique: (morphologie et syntaxe) / Régis Blachère. - 3e éd., reworked (reprint): undated: Les cent et une nuits. Translated from Arabic. Librairie orientale et américaine E. Guilmoto, Translated with extensive notes from a modern North African manuscript with variants from three others. 1927: Masālik El Abṣār fi ... / 1 / L'Afrique, moins l'Égypte / Abu-'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn-Yaḥyā Šihāb-ad-Dīn Ibn-Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī. 1907: Documents sur les langues de l'Oubangui-Chari. Includes (p. 107–122) a comparative list of 200 words from Bua, Niellim, Fanian and Tunia languages, with a short grammar and a few sentences collected by Decorse.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Historian of religion, university teacher, arabist, Islamicist, academic, orientalist
Nationality
Education
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris Faculty of Law and Economics, École Libre des Sciences Politiques, École nationale des langues orientales vivantes
Positions held
Secretary-librarian, Arabic teacher
Employers
École nationale des langues orientales vivantes, École coloniale, École pratique des hautes études
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Maurice Gaudefroy-Demonbynes

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes?

French Arabist, Islamologist and historian of religion (1862–1957)

When was Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes born?

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes was born on 15 December 1862 in Amiens.

When did Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes die?

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes died on 12 August 1957 in Hautot-sur-Seine.

What was Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes's occupation?

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes was a historian of religion, university teacher, arabist, islamicist, academic and orientalist.

What nationality was Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes?

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes was French.

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· Wikipedia: Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes

· Wikidata: Q1797649

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