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Hendrik Arent Hamaker

هندريك آرنت هاماكر

Notable figure 1789–1835 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 656; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 1072 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, authority record (GND 120489996): Hamaker, H. A., 1789-1835 (Library of Congress: Hamaker, H. A. (Hendrik Arent), 1789-1835)

Field: Text editing

Affiliation

Editor of the conquest of Egypt ascribed to al-Waqidi (1825)

Biography

A graduate of Leiden, he held its chair of oriental languages. He helped compile the catalogue of Arabic manuscripts in the Leiden University Library (1820) and edited Arabic texts, among them the account of the conquest of Memphis and Alexandria ascribed to al-Waqidi, with Latin notes (Leiden 1825).