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Emilio Lafuente y Alcántara

إميليو لافوينتي إي ألكانتارا

Notable figure 1825–1868 · Source: Lafuente y Alcántara, Emilio, authority record, Bibliothèque nationale de France; Dirasat Istishraqiyya, no. 12, Ahmamou, pp. 50–51 · Second source: Ajbar Machmuâ, Madrid 1867, American Research Center in Egypt library

Field: Manuscript cataloguing

Affiliation

Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts from Tetouan (1862)

Biography

A Spaniard from Archidona, sent by the Spanish government to Tetouan (1859) to acquire Arabic manuscripts, he published their catalogue on his return (Madrid 1862). He also edited and translated the chronicle Akhbar majmuʿa (Madrid 1867).