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William Nassau Lees

وليم ناسو ليز

Notable figure 1825–1889 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 484; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 971 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Lees, William Nassau (1825-1889)

From Ireland; worked in India

Field: Text editing

Affiliation

Editor of the Kashshaf and Tahanawi's dictionary, Calcutta

Biography

He took his Arabic at Trinity College Dublin, served as an army officer in India from 1846, was principal of the Calcutta Madrasa and government translator. With Indian scholars he edited Arabic texts in Calcutta, among them al-Zamakhshari's Kashshaf (1856–1859), al-Tahanawi's dictionary of technical terms Kashshaf istilahat al-funun, Ibn Hajar's Nukhbat al-fikar, and the Futuh al-Sham of al-Azdi and of al-Waqidi.