André Clot (9 November 1909 – 2002) was a French historian and essayist.
Clot worked from 1936 to 1942 for the news agency
Agence Havas
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, from 1943 to 1945 for
Radio-Brazzaville and finally from 1945 up to his superannuation for the
Agence France-Presse
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[''Who's who in Lebanon''. 1974]
He lived for many years in
Turkey and the countries of the
Near and
Middle East and was expert on
Islam
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.
He published books about the history and culture of Islamic countries.
Works
* ''L'Espagne musulmane. VIIIe–XVe siècle.'' Perrin, Paris 1999, .
* ''L'Egypte des Mamelouks : L'empire des esclaves 1250-1517'', Perrin, Paris 1999, .
* ''Les Grands Moghols'', 1993. Editions Plon, Paris 1993, .
* ''Mehmed II, le conquérant de Byzance (1432-1481)'', Perrin, Paris 1990, .
* ''Haroun al-Rachid et le temps des "Mille et une nuits".'' Fayard, Paris 1986, . (English version: ''Harun al-Rashid and the World of The Thousand and One Nights''; Translated by John Howe, Saqi Books, New York 2005, )
* ''Soliman Le Magnifique'', Fayard, Paris 1983, .(English version: ''Suleiman the Magnificent: The Man, His Life, His Epoch''. Translated by Matthew J. Reisz, Saqi Books, New York 1992, ).
References
20th-century French historians
French orientalists
French scholars of Islam
French Arabists
1909 births
2002 deaths
Writers from Grenoble
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