- Tytuł:
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Wojciech Biberstein-Kazimirski - orientalista i dyplomata
Wojciech Biberstein-Kazimirski – an orientalist and diplomat - Autorzy:
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Drira, Abdelhamid
Kubacki, Grzegorz - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2084934.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2020
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Biblioteka Kórnicka PAN
- Tematy:
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Wojciech Biberstein-Kazimirski (1808-1887)
Qu’ran
19th-century Persia
Oriental studies - Opis:
- Wojciech Biberstein-Kazimirski is a fascinating, non-typical scientist, who has nevertheless been forgotten by Polish historiography. Count Tytus Działyński immediately saw great potential in him and generously funded his studies. The trust of the Działyński family was passed on from father to son and Jan Działyński also supported the work of Kazimirski, who was certainly the greatest Polish orientalist. Kazimirski was an active patriot of the Polish insurrection. He took refuge in France where he made a respectable career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 19th century. He was awarded French citizenship and made an officer of la Légion d’honneur. He distinguished himself as a remarkable linguist and published works in a dozen languages, including the most famous French translation of the Qu’ran of all time and his French-Arabic dictionary, which are still considered among the best today. He was also an expert in oriental manuscripts. He was appreciated by the two Czartoryski princes, and the two Shahs of Iran of his time. After his death, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs erected a beautiful bust on his tomb that can still be admired. However, despite all this, there is not a single accurate biography about him. On the contrary, most notices and articles do not even get the most basic things right about him, such as his name, his origin, or his religion.
- Źródło:
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Pamiętnik Biblioteki Kórnickiej; 2020, 37; 129-144
0551-3790 - Pojawia się w:
- Pamiętnik Biblioteki Kórnickiej
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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