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Charles Dumas

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Notable figure 1880–1965 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 1, p. 221; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 570 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Dumas, Charles (1880-1965), inspector general of native education in Algeria 1936-1940; author of Le Héros des Maqâmât de Hariri, Abou-Zéïd de Saroudj (1917)

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Author of a study of Abu Zayd, hero of the Maqamat (1917)

Biography

He worked in education in Algeria and became inspector general of education for the native population there (1936–1940). He wrote a study of Abu Zayd of Saruj, the hero of al-Hariri's Maqamat (Algiers, 1917), collected Contes et légendes des pays d'Orient, and wrote French school readers for pupils in North Africa.