Laura Veccia Vaglieri (1893 – 1989) was an Italian orientalist. A scholar and one of the pioneers of

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ic and

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ic studies in Italy, Veccia Vaglieri served as professor at the

Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" University of Naples "L'Orientale" ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale") is a university located in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1732 by Matteo Ripa, it is organized in four Faculty (division), Faculties. The oldest school of Sinolo ...

and was the author of books on the historical and institutional analysis of the Arab and Muslim world. Her works include # A textbook on the grammar of the

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(''Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba'' (Istituto per l'Oriente, Rome, 1937, 2 voll.)) # Apologia dell’ Islamismo (Rome, A. F. Formiggini, 1925). An Interpretation of Islam. Zurich: Islamic Foundation. Translated from Italian by Dr. Aldo Caselli, Haverford College, Pennsylvania. 1957. # A synthesis on the classical Islam (''L'Islam da Maometto al secolo XVI'', in: Storia Universale (dir. Ernesto Pontieri), Milan, F. Vallardi, 1963)) and a number of articles on the early Islam and on

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sm. She also contributed several articles to the ''

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'' and to the history of research on Ibāḍī studies.

Papers related to Ibadism

* Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1934a) La partecipazione di Suleiman al-Baruni alla guerra di Libia. ''L'Oltremare'' (Rome), vol. 8 nr. 2 (Febr. 1934), 70-73. * Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1934b) Il tripolitano ibadita Suleiman el-Baruni e sue notizie sull'Oman. ''Oriente Moderno'' (Rome), vol. 14 (1934), 392-396. * Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1949a) L'Imāmato ibāḍita dell'ʿOman. ''Annali dell'Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli'', N.S. 3 (1949), 245-282. * Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1949b) Le vicende del khārigismo in epoca abbaside. ''Rivista degli Studi Orientali'' (Rome), 24 (1949), 31-44. * Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1951) Sulla denominazione "Khawārij". ''Rivista degli Studi Orientali'' (Rome), 26 (1951), 41-46. * Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1952) Il conflitto ʿAlī-Muʿāwiya e la secessione khārigita riesaminati alla luce di fonte ibāḍite. ''Annali dell'Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli'', N.S. 4 (1952), 1- 94. * Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1953) Traduzione di passi riguardanti il conflitto ʿAlī-Muʿāwiya e la secessione khārigita dal ''Kitāb al-Jawāhir'' di al-Barrādī. (Appendice all'articolo apparso nel precedente fascicolo di questi ''Annali'', N.S., vol. 4, 1-94). ''Annali dell'Istituto Universitario'' ''Orientale di Napoli'', N.S. 5 (1953), 1-98. * Veccia Vaglieri, Laura: (1957) The ʿAlī-Muʿāwiya conflict and the Khārijite secession reexamined in the light of Ibāḍite sources. ''Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Congress of'' ''Orientalists held in Istanbul September 15th to 22nd, 1951, Vol. II Communications''. Ed. by Zeki Velidi Togan. Leiden 1957, 233-237.

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Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" faculty Islamic studies scholars Italian Arabists Italian orientalists Grammarians of Arabic 1893 births 1989 deaths Ibadi Islam Ibadi studies {{Italy-linguist-stub