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Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
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Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje

كريستيان سنوك هرخرونيه

Notable figure 1857–1936 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 667; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 694 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Snouck Hurgronje, C. (1857-1936)

From the Netherlands; worked in Indonesia

Field: Phonetics and dialects

Affiliation

Author of Mekkanische Sprichwörter (1886), Meccan proverbs

Biography

Born in Oosterhout, he studied at Leiden under de Goeje and at Strasbourg under Nöldeke. He spent five months in Mecca (1884–1885) and published the proverbs and sayings of Mecca in their spoken Arabic, with a German translation and commentary (The Hague, 1886). He taught Arabic in Batavia, then succeeded Houtsma in the chair of Arabic at Leiden (1907–1927).