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Alan Jones

آلان جونز

Notable figure 1933–2021 · Source: Blackwell's, book page: Arabicus Felix: Luminosus Britannicus, essays in honour of A. F. L. Beeston, ed. Alan Jones · Second source: The Arabist: Budapest Studies in Arabic 42 (2021), «In Memory of Professor Alan Jones: Manchester, 16 August 1933 – Oxford, 25 September 2021»

Field: Literature and poetry

Affiliation

Arabic professor; Early Arabic Poetry (1992–1996)

Biography

Born in Manchester, he taught Arabic at Oxford (1957–2000), where he was Professor of Classical Arabic. He studied the Romance kharjas of the Andalusian muwashshah (1988), and edited and closely annotated a selection of pre-Islamic poetry in Early Arabic Poetry (2 vols, 1992–1996), a book students use to read the early poetry. He also translated the Qur'an into English (2007).