Paul Schwarz (19 November 1867, in
Neisse
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) was a
German
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orientalist,
Iranist and
Arabist.
In 1893 he received his doctorate at the
University of Leipzig
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with a dissertation titled ''Umar Ibn Abî Rebî'a. Ein arabischer Dichter der Umajjadenzeit''. In 1896 he obtained his
habilitation for Oriental languages, and from 1903 to 1937 was an unscheduled professor of Oriental languages at Leipzig.
[Prof. Dr. phil. Paul Schwarz]
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Literary works
* ''Umar Ibn Abî Rebîa'a, Ein Arabischer Dichter Der Umajjadenzeit'', Leipzig, 1893.
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* ''Iran im Muttelalter nach den arabischen Geographen'', 7 vols., Leipzig: E. Pfeiffer, 1896–1926 – Iran in the Middle Ages according to the Arab geographers.
* ''Die ‘Abbāsiden Residenz Sāmarrā'', 1909 – the
Abbasid
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Residency
Samarra.
* ''Escorial-Studien zur arabischen Literatur und Sprachkunde'', 1922 – Escorial studies of Arabic literature and linguistics.
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1867 births
1938 deaths
German orientalists
Iranologists
German male non-fiction writers
Leipzig University alumni
Academic staff of Leipzig University
People from Nysa, Poland
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