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James Robson

جيمس روبسون

Notable figure 1890–1981 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 547; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 598 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, GND authority record: Robson, James (1890-1981)

Field: Text editing

Affiliation

Professor of Arabic, Manchester; Arabic texts on music

Biography

He graduated in oriental languages at the University of Glasgow, where he took his doctorate, taught Arabic at Glasgow (1928–1948), and became Professor of Arabic at Manchester (1949). He edited and translated into English the Kitab al-malahi of the grammarian al-Mufaddal ibn Salama from Istanbul manuscripts (Glasgow, 1938), published Ibn Abi al-Dunya's Dhamm al-malahi (1938), and wrote on the meaning of the title al-Muʿallaqat (1936).