Hartwig Derenbourg (17 June 1844 – 12 April 1908) was a French Orientalist.

Biography

Hartwig Derenbourg was born in

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, where he studied Hebrew, Arabic, and other Semitic languages as a pupil of Joseph Toussaint Reinaud,

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and his father, orientalist Joseph Derenbourg. He furthered his education at

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as a student of

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and Ernst Bertheau, and at the

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under

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and

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. After receiving his degree, he worked at the Bibliothèque Impériale, where he continued preparation of the catalogue of Arabic manuscripts. From 1875 he taught classes in

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at the École spéciale des langues orientales, attaining the chair of Arabic literature in 1879. In 1885 he was named professor of Islamism and of the religions of Arabia at the

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in Paris.Derenbourg, Hartwig
Jewish Encyclopedia He died in Paris, aged 64.

Published works

He produced a number of important translations of Arabic texts. Among these are the following: *
Oeuvres complètes
'; French-Hebrew translation from the Arabic version of the Proverbs of Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayyoûmî (882-942) in collaboration with his father Joseph Derenbourg and Mayer Lambert. *
Le dîwân de Nâbiga Dhobyânî
'; poetry of al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī (c. 535 - c. 604); (Paris, 1869) *
Histoire Litteraire de l'Ancien Testament
' (History of the Old Testament by

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); transl. from German to French by Derenbourg and Soury (1873) *
Le Livre de Sibawaih
'; the great grammatical treatise known as "Al-Kitāb", or The Book of

Sibawayh Sibawayh ( ar, سِيبَوَيْهِ ' or ; fa, سِیبُویه‎ ' ; c. 760–796), whose full name is Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri (, '), was a Persian leading grammarian of Basra and author of the earliest book on Arabic ...

(c. 760–796); (2 vols., Paris, 1881-1889). * ''Les manuscrits arabes de l’ Escurial''
vol. 1
1884
vols. 2
and 3, 1903) * ''Chrestomathie élémentaire de l'Arabe littéral'' (in collaboration with Jean Spiro, 1885; 2nd ed., 1892) *
Opuscules et traités d'Abou 'l-Walid Merwan Ibn Djanah de Cordoue
', The works of

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(c.990-1050) (French, Arabic); ''Introduction'', ''Kitab al-moustalhik'', ''Risâlat at-tanbih'', ''Risâlat at-takrib wat-tashil'' and ''Kitâb at-taswiya''. (Paris, ed., Ernest Leroux, 1886) *
La Science des religions et l'islamisme, deux
'; (Paris, ed., Ernest Leroux, 1886)*''Ousama ibn Mounkidh, preface du livre du baton'' (with trans., 1887) * ''Ousama ibn Mounkidh, un emir Syrien au premier siècle des croisades (1095–1188)''; (Paris, 1889). In 1880 Derenbourg had discovered the only known manuscript of the ''Kitāb al-i'tibār'' by the poet-envoy Usāma ibn Munqidh. *
Al-Fakhrî: Histoire du khalifat et du vizirat, depuis leurs origines jusqu'a...
' by the historian

Ibn al-Tiqtaqa Ṣafī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ṭabāṭabā (; 1262– 1309) also known as Ibn al-Tiqtaqa, was a historian and ''naqib'' of Alids in Ḥilla. He was a direct descendant of Ḥasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib. According to E.G. Br ...

(1262-1310); (1895) *
Oumâra du Yémen, sa vie et son œuvre
'; biography and works of the Yemeni poet ʻUmārah ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥakamī (1121-1174); (Paris, ed., Ernest Leroux, 1897)

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