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William J. Prendergast

وليم ج. برندرغاست

Notable figure · Source: Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 2004), p. 229 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, GND authority record 1108297277: Prendergast, W. J. (William J.), director of Oriental Languages, Nizam College, Hyderabad

From the United Kingdom; worked in India

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Translator of al-Hamadhani's Maqamat (1915)

Biography

He studied at Oxford and became Director of Oriental Languages at Nizam College, Hyderabad (Deccan), in India. He translated the Maqamat of Badiʿ al-Zaman al-Hamadhani into English with an introduction and historical and grammatical notes; it was his Oxford B.Litt. thesis (1913–14). The translation was published in London and Madras in 1915 and has been reprinted several times.