Abel Jean Baptiste Michel Pavet de Courteille (23 June 1821 – 12 December 1889) was a 19th-century French orientalist, who specialized in the study of

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Career

Through his mother, Sophie Silvestre (1793-1877), he was Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy's grandson. He taught Turkish at the

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, as extraordinary professor in 1854 and then as holder of an ordinary chair in 1861. In 1873, he succeeded

Emmanuel de Rougé ''Vicomte'' Olivier Charles Camille Emmanuel de Rouge (11 April 1811 – 27 December 1872) was a French Egyptologist, philologist and a member of the House of Rougé. Biography He was born on 11 April 1811, in Paris, the son of Charles Camil ...

at the

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. He was also a member of the

Société asiatique The Société Asiatique (Asiatic Society) is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia. It was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging ...

. He led Turcology to the study of Central Asian languages and was the author of a dictionary of Eastern Turkish and of several editions and translations of texts. He is buried at

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(44th division).

Publications

* ''Dictionnaire turk-oriental, destiné principalement à faciliter la lecture des ouvrages de Babur, d' Aboul-Gâzi et de Ali-Shir Nava'i'', Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1870 (562 pages). * (with Abdolonyme Ubicini) ''État présent de l'

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: statistique, gouvernement, administration, finances, armée, communautés non musulmanes, etc., d'après le Salnâmèh (Annuaire impérial) pour l'année 1293 de l'Hégire (1875-76) et les documents officiels les plus récents'', Paris, J. Dumaine, 1876.

Editions and translations

* ''Conseils de Nabi Efendi à son fils Aboul Khair'', published in Turkish with French translation and notes, Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1857. * ''Histoire de la campagne de Mohacz'', by Kemal Pacha Zadeh, published for the first time with the French translation and notes, Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1859. * '' Mémoires de Baber'' ( Zahir-ed-Din-Mohammed), founder of the Mongol dynasty in Hindustan, translated from the Chagatai text, Paris, Maisonneuve, 1871. * ''

Miraj Nameh The version of the ''Miraj Nameh'' (Mirâj Nâmeh) in the National Library of France, "supplément turc 190" is an Islamic manuscript created in the fifteenth century, in the workshops of Herat in Greater Khorasan, Khorasan (modern Afghanistan), a ...

'', published after the Uyghur manuscript, translated and annotated, Paris, E. Leroux, 1882. * ''Tezkereh-i-Evliâ. Le Mémorial des Saints'', translated from the Uighur manuscript of the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, 1889-90 (2 vol.). * (with Charles Barbier de Meynard) ''

Al-Masudi Al-Mas'udi ( ar, أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱلْمَسْعُودِيّ, '; –956) was an Arab historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus ...

. Les Prairies d'or'', Arabic text and French translation, Paris, Imprimerie impériale (nationale), 1861-77 (9 volumes;He attended the first three volumes. collection of oriental works published by the Société asiatique).

References

External links

''Dictionnaire turk-oriental'' de Pavet de Courteille
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavet de Courteille, Abel 1821 births 1889 deaths Linguists from France French orientalists Linguists of Turkic languages Translators from Turkish Arabic–French translators Translators to French Academic staff of the Collège de France Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Members of the Société Asiatique Writers from Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French translators