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Rudolf Sellheim

رودولف زلهايم

Notable figure 1928–2013 · Source: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Humaid, Aʿmal al-mustashriqin al-ʿarabiyya fi al-muʿjam al-ʿarabi: dirasa wa-taqwim (PhD thesis, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, 1433 AH), vol. 2, pp. 606, 614 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, authority record (GND 102264243X): Sellheim, Rudolf, born 15 Jan. 1928, died 9 March 2013

Field: Proverbs and literature

Affiliation

Philologist; author of a study of Arabic proverb books

Biography

Born in Halle, he taught at Frankfurt. He wrote Die klassisch-arabischen Sprichwörtersammlungen, insbesondere die des Abū ʿUbaid (The Hague 1954) and catalogued the Arabic manuscripts of the Frankfurt library.