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Julián Ribera y Tarragó

خوليان ريبيرا إي تاراغو

Notable figure 1858–1934 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 592; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 627 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Ribera, Julián (1858-1934)

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Scholar of Ibn Quzman and the Arabic roots of lyric

Biography

Born at Carcaixent near Valencia, he learned Arabic from Codera, taught it at Zaragoza from 1887, and then taught the history of Islamic civilisation at Madrid (1905–1927). With Codera he published the Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana (1883–1895); he studied the zajal of Ibn Quzman and argued for the Arabic sources of European lyric poetry and music.