Gabriel Ferrand (1864–1935) was a French orientalist specialised on the

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Biography

Gabriel Ferrand was born at 22 of January on 1864 in

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and he died at 31 of January on 1935 in

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. Gabriel Ferrand graduated from the School of Oriental Languages. Ferrand was an orientalist, writer and linguistic expert worked in

Also, he was the author of a Malagasy Essay and a Dictionary of the Language of Madagascar. He was a member of the Society of Linguistics of Paris and the Asian Society, and one of the editors of the Asian Journal.

Works related to Ibadism

* Ferrand, Gabriel: (1924) L'élément persan dans les textes nautiques arabes des XVe et XVIe siècles. Offprint from: ''Journal Asiatique'' (Paris), April-June 1924, pp. 193-257. * Ferrand, Gabriel: (1928) Les Sultans de Kilwa. Offprint from ''Publications de l'Institut des Hautes-Études Marocaines'', vol. 17, 239-260. Mémorial Henri Basset. Nouvelles Études Nord- Africaines et Orientales. Paris: Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1928.Custers, Martin H. (2016). ''Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography''. 3 (Second revised and enlarged ed.). Hildesheim-London-N.Y.: Olms Publishing. p. 238.

Other Works

* Ferrand, Gabriel: ''Les Musulmans à Madagascar et aux îles Comores'', 3 parties, Paris : E. Leroux, 1891-1902. * Ferrand, Gabriel: ''populaires malgaches'' (recueillis, traduits et annotés par Gabriel Ferrand), Paris : E. Leroux, 1893. * Ferrand, Gabriel: ''de grammaire malgache'', Paris : E. Leroux, 1903. * Ferrand, Gabriel: ''Dictionnaire de la langue de Madagascar d'après l'édition de 1658 et l'histoire de la grande Isle Madagascar de 1661'', Paris : E. Leroux, 1905. * Ferrand, Gabriel: ''Essai de phonétique comparée du malais et des dialectes malgaches'' (thèse pour le doctorat d'université, présentée à la Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Paris), Paris : Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1909. * Ferrand, Gabriel: ''Relations de voyages et textes géographiques arabes, persans et turks relatifs à l'Extrême-Orient du VIII^e au XVIII^e siècles (traduits, revus et annotés par Gabriel Ferrand), 2 volumes, Paris : E. Leroux, 1913-1914.'' * Ferrand, Gabriel: ''Le Pilote des mers de l'Inde, de la Chine et de l'Indonésie'' (traduit de l'arabe par Gabriel Ferrand), 2 volumes, Paris : Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1921-1923. * Ferrand, Gabriel: ''Voyage du marchand arabe Sulaymân en Inde et en Chine, rédigé en 851'' (traduit de l'arabe par Gabriel Ferrand), Paris : Bossard, 1922.

References

External links

* Selected works of Gabriel Ferrand at

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